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Expand 1 - Collected editions of the works1 - Collected editions of the works
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401 - General Histories of Literature and the Drama
Expand 401.1 - General Histories of the Comic401.1 - General Histories of the Comic
Expand 402 - General Histories of English Literature402 - General Histories of English Literature
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403 - Pre Shakespeare Drama
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Expand 403.301 - Pre Shakespeare drama Texts403.301 - Pre Shakespeare drama Texts
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404 - Elizabethan and Jacobean literature (this may include some account of the earlier literature)
Expand 404.1 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Prose literature404.1 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Prose literature
Expand 404.01 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Texts - collections404.01 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Texts - collections
Expand 404.01 - The school of Shakspere. Vol. 1, Histrio-Mastix ; The prodigal son ; Jack Drums entertainment ; A warning for faire women ; Faire Em. ; An account of Robert Greene, and his attacks on Shakspere and the players ; Index and glossary. - 1878404.01 - The school of Shakspere. Vol. 1, Histrio-Mastix ; The prodigal son ; Jack Drums entertainment ; A warning for faire women ; Faire Em. ; An account of Robert Greene, and his attacks on Shakspere and the players ; Index and glossary. - 1878
Expand 404.2 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry404.2 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry
Expand 404.3 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama404.3 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
Expand 404.9 - Biographies of Elizabethan and Jacobean writers404.9 - Biographies of Elizabethan and Jacobean writers
Expand 404.31 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Comedy404.31 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Comedy
Expand 404.32 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Historical Drama404.32 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Historical Drama
Expand 404.33 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy404.33 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy
Expand 404.101 - Elizabethan and Jacobean literature Texts404.101 - Elizabethan and Jacobean literature Texts
Expand 404.201 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry Texts404.201 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry Texts
Expand 404.301 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Texts404.301 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Texts
Expand 405 - Restoration and Eighteenth-century literature405 - Restoration and Eighteenth-century literature
Expand 406 - Nineteenth-century English literature406 - Nineteenth-century English literature
Expand 407 - Twentieth-century English literature407 - Twentieth-century English literature
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410 - History of English Literary Shakespearian Criticism - General Works
Expand 410.01 - Theory and Principle of Shakespearian criticism410.01 - Theory and Principle of Shakespearian criticism
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411 - Works on Shakespearian critics and criticism of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Expand 411.2 - Works on Johnson411.2 - Works on Johnson
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412 - Works on Shakespearian critics and criticism of the Nineteenth-century
Expand 412.1 - Works on Coleridge412.1 - Works on Coleridge
Expand 412.2 - Works on Hazlitt412.2 - Works on Hazlitt
Expand 412.9 - Works on other 19th century Shakespearian critics412.9 - Works on other 19th century Shakespearian critics
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413 - Works on Shakespearian criticism of the Twentieth-century
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413.5 - Post-colonial criticism
Expand 413.9 - Minor Criticism (incl. feminist criticism)413.9 - Minor Criticism (incl. feminist criticism)
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415 - General Works of Shakespearian Criticism -Retrospective Anthologies and Collections
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 2, Comedy of errors. - 1878
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 3, A midsummer night's dream. - 1878
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 4, Two gentlemen of Verona. - 1878
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 10, King John. - 1880
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 21, Julius Caesar. - 1885-1887
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 22, All's well that ends well. - 1885-1887
415 - Shakespeare talks with uncritical people ... 23 and 24, Hamlet. - 1885-1887
Expand 415.1 - Sermons415.1 - Sermons
Expand 415.2 - Orations, broadcasts and general lectures on Shakespeare415.2 - Orations, broadcasts and general lectures on Shakespeare
Expand 415.3 - General single essays415.3 - General single essays
Expand 416 - 17th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism416 - 17th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism
Collapse 417 - 18th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism417 - 18th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism
6 666718 - Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare / edited, with an introd. by W.K. Wimsatt, Jr. - 1960
6 666718 - Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare / edited, with an introd. by W.K. Wimsatt, Jr. - 1960
8 24669 - A dissertation on reading the classics [with references to Shakespeare]. - 1723
8 57138 - Dissertation on reading the classics. - 1718
8 307157 - A dissertation on reading the classics and forming a just style. - 1730
9 57228 - Essays. Number XVII, Materials for the critics still untouched in Shakespeare. - 1790
21 2553 - Genius and writings of Shakespear. - 1721
46 2888 - Critical observations on Shakespeare. - 1746
46 2902 - Critical observations on Shakespeare. - 1748
46 97291 - Critical observations on Shakespeare. - 1747
46 562349 - Critical observations on Shakespeare / by J. Upton [: a review]. - 1746
55 2600 - Letters concerning taste. - 1755
58 2596 - Sketches or essays / by Launcelot Temple. - 1758
62 2547 - Remarks on the beauties of poetry. - 1762
64 741508 - "Lovers meeting"; discussions of five plays by Shakespeare. - 1964
65 457844 - Preface. - 1800
69 2876 - Writings and genius of Shakespear. - 1810
69 16366 - Writings and genius of Shakespear. - 1769
69 16368 - An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets : with some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. - 1770
69 16369 - An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets : With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. - 1772
69 91536 - Writings and genius of Shakespear. - 1777
69 97163 - Writings and genius of Shakespear. - 1785
69 364023 - An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets : With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. - 1778
69 p 561331 - Comparison between The Persians, a tragedy, by [A]eschylus, and Hamlet : from an ingenious essay, lately published, on the Writing and genius of Shakespear [by Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu]. - 1809
69 p 561332 - [Review of] an essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear : compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets / with some remarks upon the misrepresentations of [F.]M.[A.] de Voltaire [,by Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu]. - 1769
74 1987 - Cursory remarks on tradgedy, on Shakespeare, etc. - 1774
85 57249 - Observer ... - 1823
94 2874 - A specimen of a commentary on Shakespeare. Containing I. Notes on As you like it. II. An attempt to explain and illustrate various passages, on a new principle of criticism, derived from Mr. Locke's doctrine of the association of ideas. - 1794
94 57999 - The mirror. Vol. II, Criticism on Richard III. Criticism on Hamlet. - 1794
94 764140 - A specimen of a commentary on Shakspeare / being the text of the first (1794) edition revised by the author and never previously published ; edited by Alan Over, completed by Mary Bell. - 1967
95 63795 - The story of the moor of Venice with two essays on Shakespeare. - 1795
16357 - Philological tracts and prefaces. - 1824
178914 - Eighteenth century essays on Shakespeare : ed. by D. Nichol Smith, M. A. - 1903
204274 - Famous introductions to Shakespeare's plays by the notable editors of the eighteenth century / ed. with a critical introduction, biographical and explanatory notes / by Beverley Warner. - 1906
209129 - On Shakespeare : essays and notes / selected by Raleigh. - 1908
296417 - Tudor ideals : [containing references to Shakespeare]. - 1921
395359 - Johnson on Shakespeare : essays and notes / selected and set forth with an introduction / by Walter Raleigh. - 1931 c1908
419956 - Johnson on Shakespeare : essays and notes / selected and set forth with an introduction by Walter Raleigh. - 1925
667615 - Eighteenth century essays on Shakespeare. - 1963
Expand 418 - 19th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism418 - 19th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism
Expand 419 - 20th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism419 - 20th Century - General Works of Shakespearian criticism
Expand 430 - Language and Literary Style - General Works (incl. origins and language style)430 - Language and Literary Style - General Works (incl. origins and language style)
Expand 431 - Pronunciation and Phonology431 - Pronunciation and Phonology
Expand 432 - Punctuation and Spelling432 - Punctuation and Spelling
Expand 433 - Grammar, Syntax and Idioms433 - Grammar, Syntax and Idioms
Expand 434 - Use of Dialect and Slang - bawdry434 - Use of Dialect and Slang - bawdry
Expand 435 - Prose and Poetry435 - Prose and Poetry
Expand 436 - Rhetoric - nostalgia as rhetoric - oaths, homophones and swearing, wordplay, asteisms436 - Rhetoric - nostalgia as rhetoric - oaths, homophones and swearing, wordplay, asteisms
Expand 437 - Imagery (metaphor) Trope437 - Imagery (metaphor) Trope
Expand 438 - Satire, Wit and Humour, Puns, Euphemism, proverbs and adages438 - Satire, Wit and Humour, Puns, Euphemism, proverbs and adages
Expand 439 - Other aspects (incl. method of Work, Shakespeare's names, vocabulary, use of particular words, computer test of words)439 - Other aspects (incl. method of Work, Shakespeare's names, vocabulary, use of particular words, computer test of words)
Expand 440 - Dramatic Technique and Structure - General works440 - Dramatic Technique and Structure - General works
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441 - Narrative, Plots, Act and Scene Division, Unities of Time and Place, Story Telling
Expand 441.1 - Disguise plots in Shakespeare - Deception, Illusion, Metamorphosis, feigned death441.1 - Disguise plots in Shakespeare - Deception, Illusion, Metamorphosis, feigned death
Expand 442 - Textual indications of time and place - Anachronisms442 - Textual indications of time and place - Anachronisms
Expand 443 - Prologues and epilogues443 - Prologues and epilogues
Expand 444 - Songs, Acrobatics, Dances444 - Songs, Acrobatics, Dances
Expand 445 - Soliloquies Dialogue Chorus, etc.445 - Soliloquies Dialogue Chorus, etc.
Expand 446 - Tempo, Time relations, Suspense446 - Tempo, Time relations, Suspense
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447 - Particular types of scenes, speeches, speech interaction, play within a play, visual/ auditory symbolism, theatrical description/Iconoclasm
Expand 447.1 - Repetition in Shakespeare447.1 - Repetition in Shakespeare
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447.9 - Combat scenes
Expand 449 - The Comic and the Tragic in Shakespeare Melodrama -catharsis449 - The Comic and the Tragic in Shakespeare Melodrama -catharsis
Expand 450 - Characterisation - General Works ‘Doubling' characters, motivation450 - Characterisation - General Works ‘Doubling' characters, motivation
Expand 451 - On some of Shakespeare's female characters. 2, Portia. - 1881-1885451 - On some of Shakespeare's female characters. 2, Portia. - 1881-1885
Expand 451 - On some of Shakespeare's female characters. 3, Beatrice. - 1881-1885451 - On some of Shakespeare's female characters. 3, Beatrice. - 1881-1885
Expand 451 - Women451 - Women
Expand 452 - Soldiers and Sailors etc,452 - Soldiers and Sailors etc,
Expand 453 - The Aged and Children453 - The Aged and Children
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454 - Eccentrics
Expand 454.1 - Fools454.1 - Fools
Expand 454.2 - Mad characters454.2 - Mad characters
Expand 454.3 - Melancholics454.3 - Melancholics
Expand 454.4 - Comic characters including servants, jesters454.4 - Comic characters including servants, jesters
Expand 454.5 - Drunkards454.5 - Drunkards
Expand 454.6 - Lovers454.6 - Lovers
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455 - Shakespeare and the supernatural in general
455.1 - Witches
Expand 455.2 - Fairies455.2 - Fairies
Expand 455.3 - Ghosts455.3 - Ghosts
Expand 456 - Villains - male only - subsidiary to other types, Flatterers Hypocrites456 - Villains - male only - subsidiary to other types, Flatterers Hypocrites
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457 - Historical and Political Characters, Royalty and Nobility
Expand 457.1 - The Hero & his antagonist-motivating characters457.1 - The Hero & his antagonist-motivating characters
Expand 458 - Shakespeare and National Character458 - Shakespeare and National Character
Expand 459 - Others459 - Others
Expand 460 - The Knowledge and Philosophy of Shakespeare as reflected in his writing: General works460 - The Knowledge and Philosophy of Shakespeare as reflected in his writing: General works
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461 - Shakespeare and (Philosophy) Religion and the Church, Moral and Religious values, man and nature - Natural Law, 'New World', Iconography, Homilies, Iconology, Iconography
Expand 461.1 - Biblical knowledge, References to mercy, wisdom, eschatology, prophecy, apocalypse, Heaven and Hell461.1 - Biblical knowledge, References to mercy, wisdom, eschatology, prophecy, apocalypse, Heaven and Hell
Expand 461.2 - Shakespeare and Catholicism461.2 - Shakespeare and Catholicism
Expand 461.3 - Shakespeare and Puritanism, Protestantism461.3 - Shakespeare and Puritanism, Protestantism
Expand 461.4 - Shakespeare and Occultism, Anthropology, Pagan philosophies, Myth, Magic, Fantasy, Imagination e. g. metamorphoses461.4 - Shakespeare and Occultism, Anthropology, Pagan philosophies, Myth, Magic, Fantasy, Imagination e. g. metamorphoses
Expand 461.5 - The School of Night461.5 - The School of Night
Expand 461.7 - Shakespeare and Appearance and Reality, Art and Nature, Equivocation/Deceit, Dualist concepts, Deception, Lying, Detachment, Irony, Ambiguity, Existenia1iSm, Self, Being, Scepticism, Disillusion with the world, man's bestial behaviour461.7 - Shakespeare and Appearance and Reality, Art and Nature, Equivocation/Deceit, Dualist concepts, Deception, Lying, Detachment, Irony, Ambiguity, Existenia1iSm, Self, Being, Scepticism, Disillusion with the world, man's bestial behaviour
Expand 461.9 - Shakespeare and others subjects - Honour, Fortune, Tragedy, Chivalry, Comedy, Excellence, Reason, Beauty, Bravery, Manhood, Valour, Slander, Humanity, Continuity, Sacrifice, Uncertainty, Innocence, Paradox, Interruption, Silence, Values, Revelation, Knowl461.9 - Shakespeare and others subjects - Honour, Fortune, Tragedy, Chivalry, Comedy, Excellence, Reason, Beauty, Bravery, Manhood, Valour, Slander, Humanity, Continuity, Sacrifice, Uncertainty, Innocence, Paradox, Interruption, Silence, Values, Revelation, Knowl
Expand 464 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of Schools and Education464 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of Schools and Education
Expand 465 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of Domestic Life and Customs465 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of Domestic Life and Customs
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467 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of individual physhology, physiology (Human)
Expand 467.1 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of sleep, insomnia467.1 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of sleep, insomnia
Expand 468 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of natural history and phenomena468 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of natural history and phenomena
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469 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of science and medicine
Expand 469.1 - Shakespeare's medical knowledge469.1 - Shakespeare's medical knowledge
Expand 469.2 - Shakespeare's knowledge of astonomy and astology469.2 - Shakespeare's knowledge of astonomy and astology
Expand 471 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of the arts including music and aesthetics471 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of the arts including music and aesthetics
Expand 473 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of heraldry and genealogy473 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of heraldry and genealogy
Expand 474 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of folklore474 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of folklore
Expand 475 - Shakespeare's knowledge of contemporary events and the idea of history in events rather than sources475 - Shakespeare's knowledge of contemporary events and the idea of history in events rather than sources
Expand 476 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of topography, travel476 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of topography, travel
Expand 477 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of topography, geography477 - Shakespeare's knowledge or philosophy of topography, geography
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479 - Literature: Shakespeare's sources
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Expand 479.1 - Shakespeare's text sources479.1 - Shakespeare's text sources
Expand 479.2 - Shakespeare's classical sources479.2 - Shakespeare's classical sources
Expand 479.3 - Shakespeare's foreign sources479.3 - Shakespeare's foreign sources
Expand 479.4 - Shakespeare's English sources479.4 - Shakespeare's English sources
Expand 479.41 - Shakespeare's souces: Emblem books479.41 - Shakespeare's souces: Emblem books
Expand 479.42 - Shakespeare's souces: Jest books479.42 - Shakespeare's souces: Jest books
480 - Shakespeare and English Literature
Expand 481 - Comparisons with Pre-Shakespearian Literature481 - Comparisons with Pre-Shakespearian Literature
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482 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature Shakespeare and his contemporaries
Expand 482.2 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry and Shakespeare482.2 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetry and Shakespeare
Expand 482.3 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama and Shakespeare482.3 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama and Shakespeare
Expand 482.11 - Bacon and Shakespeare.482.11 - Bacon and Shakespeare.
Expand 482.24 - Milton and Shakespeare482.24 - Milton and Shakespeare
Expand 482.26 - Sidney and Shakespeare482.26 - Sidney and Shakespeare
Expand 482.27 - Spenser and Shakespeare482.27 - Spenser and Shakespeare
Expand 482.29 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Minor prose writers and Shakespeare482.29 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Minor prose writers and Shakespeare
Expand 482.31 - Marlowe and Shakespeare482.31 - Marlowe and Shakespeare
Expand 482.32 - Jonson and Shakespeare482.32 - Jonson and Shakespeare
Expand 482.33 - Beaumont and Fletcher and Shakespeare482.33 - Beaumont and Fletcher and Shakespeare
Expand 482.35 - Heywood and Shakespeare482.35 - Heywood and Shakespeare
Expand 482.36 - Lyly and Shakespeare482.36 - Lyly and Shakespeare
Expand 482.39 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Minor dramatic writers and Shakespeare482.39 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Minor dramatic writers and Shakespeare
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483 - Shakespeare and Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
Expand 483.1 - Shakespeare and Restoration and Eighteenth Century Prose483.1 - Shakespeare and Restoration and Eighteenth Century Prose
Expand 483.3 - Shakespeare and Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama483.3 - Shakespeare and Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama
484 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Literature
Expand 484.1 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Prose484.1 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Prose
484.2 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Poetry
Expand 484.3 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Drama484.3 - Shakespeare and Nineteenth Century Drama
Expand 484.13 - Dickens and Shakespeare484.13 - Dickens and Shakespeare
Expand 484.15 - George Eliot and Shakespeare484.15 - George Eliot and Shakespeare
Expand 484.17 - Scott and Shakespeare484.17 - Scott and Shakespeare
Expand 484.21 - Keats and Shakespeare484.21 - Keats and Shakespeare
Expand 484.22 - Byron and Shakespeare484.22 - Byron and Shakespeare
Expand 485 - Shakespeare and Twentieth Century Literature485 - Shakespeare and Twentieth Century Literature
Expand 488 - Shakespeare and the Renaissance488 - Shakespeare and the Renaissance
Expand 489 - Shakespeare and Classical Literature compared489 - Shakespeare and Classical Literature compared
490 - Shakespeare and Foreign Literature - The Influence and Appreciation of Shakespeare Abroad - General Works & Criticism
Expand 491 - Shakespeare In U.S.A. and Canada491 - Shakespeare In U.S.A. and Canada
Expand 492 - Shakespeare In Germany492 - Shakespeare In Germany
Expand 493 - Shakespeare In France493 - Shakespeare In France
Expand 494 - Shakespeare In Italy494 - Shakespeare In Italy
Expand 495 - In Other European Countries495 - In Other European Countries
Expand 495 - Shakespeare In Spain, Portugal and South America495 - Shakespeare In Spain, Portugal and South America
Expand 497 - Shakespeare in In the Far East497 - Shakespeare in In the Far East
Expand 498 - Shakespeare in In the U.S.S.R.498 - Shakespeare in In the U.S.S.R.
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Expand 5 - Literary criticism of the separate plays and the poems, and certain groups of the Plays5 - Literary criticism of the separate plays and the poems, and certain groups of the Plays
Expand 6 - The stage and the production of Shakespeare’s Plays6 - The stage and the production of Shakespeare’s Plays
Expand 7 - Music and pictorial art7 - Music and pictorial art
Expand 8 - Textual history: printing, editing and translation of the text8 - Textual history: printing, editing and translation of the text
Expand 9 - Biographical appendix - Shakespeare’s life and times9 - Biographical appendix - Shakespeare’s life and times
Expand 10 - English Shakespeariana10 - English Shakespeariana
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