Shakespeare : the Elizabethan plays

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Sexuality and Power in the Three Parts of King Henry VI

Chapter 4 The Prison and the World: Richard III

Chapter 5 Wayward Sons and Daughters: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry IV, Part 1

Chapter 6 The Boundaries of Comedy: The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice

Chapter 7 England, the World’s Best Garden: Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V

Chapter 8 The Play’s the Thing: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Chapter 9 Love and Disillusionment: As You Like It and Twelfth Night

Chapter 10 The Rotten State: Hamlet and Julius Caesar

Chapter 11 The Fairytale in Crisis: Much Ado About Nothing, Troilus and Cressida and All’s Well That Ends Well