The Age of Shakespeare

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

poet of city, 85;

comic style, 158;

associated with Rowley and Dekker, 161;

"The Widow," 165;

allegory compared with Dekker's, 168;

obligations to Shakespeare, 172;

compared with Chaucer, 177;

a second poet by same name (?), 180;

collaboration with Rowley, 182;

comedy, 190;