Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Shakespeare, Narrative and Art -- 1 'To captivate the eye': Venus and Adonis -- 2 'To see sad sights': Reading and Ekphrasis in The Rape of Lucrece -- 3 'The painting of a sorrow': Hamlet -- 4 'I would not take this from report': Seeing and Not Seeing in King Lear -- 5 'Here's a sight for thee': The Claims of Narrative in The Winter's Tale -- Coda: The Promise of Satisfaction -- Bibliography -- Index