Reclamations of Shakespeare

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Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Shakespeare and the Visual Signifier

Elizabethan Drama and Anglo-Dutch Relations

Enchanting Metadrama: Shakespeare and the Use of the Boy Actor in As You Like It

Shakespeare and the Myth of Hercules

The Rape of Lucrece and the Story of W

News from the Roman Empire: Hearsay, Soothsay, Myth and History in Antony and Cleopatra

Gender and Genre in Shakespeare's Tragicomedies

Portraits of Mr. W. S.: The Myth of Sweet Master Shakespeare in Asimov, Wilde, and Burgess Revolting against the Legend: Anti-Shakespearean Elements in Jules Laforgue's Hamlet

The Poet Laureate's National Poet

Myth, Memory and Music in Richard II, Hamlet and Othello

Music as Meaning in The Tempest

Hierarchy, Harmony and Happiness: Another Look at the Hunting Dogs in the "Induction" to The Taming of the Shrew

"My Poor Fool Is Hanged": Cordelia, the Fool, Silence and Irresolution in King Lear

Mapping Shakespeare's Europe

"Shrieking from below the Gratings": Sir Herbert Beerbohm-Tree's Macbeth and His Critics

Every Word in Shakespeare Sixth Form and Pressure: Why Teach Shakespeare at A-Level?

Notes on Contributors

Index