Key Information
Reference code
K/PP132/8
Title
Papers relating to the New Shakspere Society and Elizabethan literature, 1873-1909
Date(s)
- 1873-1909 (Creation)
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Series
Scope and content
Founded by Furnivall in 1873, the aims of the New Shakspere Society were to establish the chronology of William Shakespeare's plays, to promote the study of Shakespeare and to publish texts which illustrated his work and era. The Society was disbanded in 1892 after a sharp drop in membership due to an acrimonious and public dispute between Furnivall, Algernon Swinburne and James Orchard Halliwell Phillips