Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. NOTE VI
3. CONTENTS VII
4. Chapter l. SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS AND THE 1590's 1
5. Chapter 2. DONNE AND THE "NEW-FOUND METHODS" 39
6. Chapter 3. THE POETRY OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN MOMENT 73
7. Chapter 4. THE SOCIETY OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN MOMENT 107
8. Chapter 5. PURITANISM AND THE DRAMATIC ATTITUDE 138
9. Chapter 6. THE BEGINNINGS OF RATIONALISM 162
10. Chapter 7. THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE SPLIT IN THE AGE 185
11. Chapter 8. THE CLASSICAL LINE 208
12. Chapter 9. CRITICISM AND POETRY AFTER THE RESTORATION 223
13. Chapter 10. CONCLUSION 249
14. INDEX 257