Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
The New Medea: On Portia's Comic Triumph in The Merchant of Venice | p. 3 |
Fathers and Children: Matter, Mirth, and Melancholy in As You Like It | p. 37 |
Wisdom and the Law: Thoughts on the Political Philosophy of Measure for Measure | p. 61 |
The Portrait of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream | p. 77 |
Coming Home: The Political Settlement in Shakespeare's King John | p. 91 |
The Education of Hal: Henry IV, Parts One and Two | p. 103 |
Princes to Act: Henry V as the Machiavellian Prince of Appearance | p. 125 |
"This Is Venice": Politics in Shakespeare's Othello | p. 155 |
King Lear: The Tragic Disjunction of Wisdom and Power | p. 189 |
The Relation of Thought and Action in Macbeth | p. 209 |
Courage and Impotence in Macbeth | p. 219 |
"With Himself at War": Shakespeare's Roman Hero and the Republican Tradition | p. 237 |
Index | p. 263 |
About the Contributors | p. 275 |
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