'The essays are wide-ranging and diverse … a generous and timely contribution of scholarship.' Emily Sarah Barth, Shakespeare Quarterly
Introduction Katharine A. Craik; Part I. Contexts: 1. Rhetoric: Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar Neil Rhodes; 2. Medicine: King Lear, Macbeth, The Tempest Elizabeth D. Harvey; 3. Religion: Henry VI, Henry IV, Henry V Elizabeth Williamson; 4. Character: As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream Robert White; 5. Inheritance and Innovation: Richard III, 3 Henry VI, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice Christopher Tilmouth; 6. Communities: Julius Caesar Gail Paster; 7. Audiences: Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure Tanya Pollard; 8. Acting: The Taming of the Shrew, Coriolanus Bridget Escolme; 9. Bollywood: Macbeth, Othello Melissa Croteau; 10. Language: Macbeth, King Lear Philip Davis; 11. Emotional Labour: Hamlet Ross Knecht; 12. Passionate Shakespeare Peter Holbrook; Part II. Emotions: 13. Fear: Macbeth, Othello Toria Johnson; 14. Grief: Hamlet Erin Sullivan; 15. Sympathy: Titus Andronicus, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet Richard Meek; 16. Shame: A Lover's Complaint, Coriolanus, The Rape of Lucrece Lesel Dawson; 17. Anger: Titus Andronicus, Timon of Athens Gwynne Kennedy; 18. Pride: Coriolanus Indira Ghose; 19. Happiness: Othello, I Henry IV, Antony and Cleopatra Richard Strier; 20. Love: Sonnets, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream David Schalkwyk; 21. Nostalgia: Richard II, Henry V, Henry VI Hester Lees-Jeffries; 22. Wonder: Pericles, The Tempest, 'The Phoenix and the Turtle' Tom Bishop; 23. Confusion: Cymbeline, Merchant of Venice, The Winter's Tale Timothy M. Harrison.