Chapter II: Part ONE: Beaumont's Life, His Acquaintances, and His Career as Poet and Dramatist

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I THE CASTOR AND POLLUX OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 3

II BEAUMONT'S FAMILY; HIS EARLY YEARS: GRACE-DIEU,
OXFORD 10

III AT THE INNS OF COURT AND CHANCERY; THE
POEMS ASSIGNED TO THESE EARLIER YEARS 29

IV THE VAUX COUSINS AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 46

V FLETCHER'S FAMILY, AND HIS YOUTH 62

VI SOME EARLY PLAYS OF BEAUMONT AND OF FLETCHER 72

VII THE "BANKE-SIDE" AND THE PERIOD OF THE
PARTNERSHIP 95

VIII RELATIONS WITH SHAKESPEARE, JONSON, AND
OTHERS IN THE THEATRICAL WORLD 114

IX THE "MASQUE OF THE INNER TEMPLE": THE
PASTORALISTS, AND OTHER CONTEMPORARIES
AT THE INNS OF COURT 124

X AN INTERSECTING CIRCLE OF JOVIAL SORT 145

XI BEAUMONT AND SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S DAUGHTER;
RELATIONS WITH OTHER PERSONS OF NOTE 150

XII BEAUMONT'S MARRIAGE AND DEATH; THE SURVIVING
FAMILY 172

XIII THE PERSONALITY, AND THE CONTEMPORARY
REPUTATION OF BEAUMONT 190

XIV TRADITION, AND TRADITIONAL CRITICISM 206

XV A FEW WORDS OF FLETCHER'S LATER YEARS 211