Shakespearean Puzzles : Essays on Textual, Dramatic, and Biographical Enigmas in Some Plays by Shakespeare

by Fleissner, Robert F.; Inboden, Robin I. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780773451476
• ISBN10: 0773451471
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Author Biography

Robert Fleissner was an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Central State University, Ohio, until his retirement.

Table of Contents

Preface No. 1
Preface No. 2
Preface No. 3
A Synopsis: My Basic Foreword	p. 1
Aspects of the Wittenberg Connection: Is Not Hamlet Symbolically Lutheran?	p. 9
Measure for Measure as Lenten Entertainment (proper)	p. 21
The Effect of a Shakespearean "Bed-trick Device" in His Life-as Well as in His Drama	p. 37
More Ado About the Edmunds: What Is in a Name?	p. 47
Shakespeare and the Oxford Association: Reverting to Biographer Honan	p. 65
A Shift to More Specialized Concerns	p. 73
The Nature of the Rival Poet and Shakespeare's Sonnet 86	p. 75
Ophelia as Expecting, Not Merely Expectant: Margarete Anticipated	p. 83
A Hamlet at Large?: A Possible Piratical Identification Concerning the Prince's Father	p. 99
Cultural Mediation Concerning Shakespeare's Religion	p. 105
Select Bibliography	p. 117
Index	p. 131
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