Introduction

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Part I:
Shakespeare, Barnfield, and the Two Brothers

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Chapter 1: Barnfield's Ganymede

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Chapter 2: William Stanley as the Honored Man Promised Future Praise

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Chapter 3: Barnfield's Amintas

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Part II:
The Shakespeare-Barnfield Dialogue

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Prefatory Note

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Chapter 4: Enter Shakespeare

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Chapter 5:Greenes Funeralls: The Dialogue Begins

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Chapter 6: The Dialogue Continues: Barnfield's Affectionate Shepheard and Cynthia

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Chapter 7: Shakespeare's Sonnet 86, Barnfield's Sonnet V, and Barnfield's Apparent Victory

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