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Part 1: “Shakespeare’s England: August 1914 to October 1914”

Prologue-Part 1

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Part 2: “The Oxford Pamphlets: October 1914 to June 1915”

Part 2 The Bookbinder Part 2

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Part 3: “A Book of German Verse, June 1915 to August 1916”

Part 3 The Bookbinder Part 3

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Part 4: “Homeri Opera Tomvs III: Odysseae Libros I-XII Continens: August 1916-May 1918”

Part 4 The Bookbinder Part 4

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Part 5: “The Anatomy of Melancholy: May 1918 to November 1918”

Part 5-Epilogue

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