TY - SER AU - Feis, Jacob, TI - Shakspere and Montaigne : : AV - PR PY - 2005/// PB - Project Gutenberg, KW - Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 KW - Hamlet (Legendary character) KW - Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Influence KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Philosophy KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet N1 - Introduction -- The beginnings of the English drama. The stage a medium for political and religious controversies. Shakspere's political creed. Florio's translation of Montaigne's essays -- Montaigne -- Hamlet -- The controversy between Ben Johnson and Dekker. Mention of a dispute between Ben Jonson and Shakspere in 'The return from Parnassus'. Characteristic of Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson's hostile attitude towards Shakspere. Dramatic skirmish between Ben Jonson and Shakspere. Ben Jonson's 'Poetaster'. Dekker's 'Satiromastix' -- 'Volpone', by Ben Jonson. 'Eastward hoe', by Chapman, Ben Jonson, and Marston. 'The malcontent', by John Marston; Public domain in the USA; Text UR - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8139 ER -