Abstract
It is the purpose of the thesis to investigate whether some of the principles and. attitudes of scholarship exhibited by Edmond Malone in his Shakespearean studies are reflected in the Malone Society.|To determine Malone's characteristics of scholarship, it was necessary to study his contributions to eighteenth century Shakespearean literature, to examine criticisms made by his contemporaries and successors concerning his works and methods, and to evaluate the place he holds in the field of Shakespearean criticism today.