The major tragedies. Bargains, defenses, and cultural codes ; Hamlet ; Othello ; King Lear ; Macbeth -- Shakespeare's personality. Shakespeare's conflicts ; "What fools these mortals be" : self-effacement in the sonnets, the comedies, Troilus and Cressida, and Antony and Cleopatra ; Shakespeare's leap of faith : from the tragedies to the romances ; The tempest : Shakespeare's ideal solution
Analysis
English drama
English drama
Notes
"Insight books"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index