A Companion to Shakespeare

Part I: Introduction:.

1. Shakespeare and the 'Elements' he lived in: David Scott Kastan.

Part II: Shakespeare I:.

2. Shakespeare the Man: David Bevington.

Part III: Living:.

3. Shakespeare's England: Norman L. Jones.

4. Shakespeare's London: Ian Archer.

5. Religious Identities in Shakespeare's England: Peter Lake.

6. The Family and the Household: Susan Dwyer Amussen.

7. Shakespeare and Political Thought: Martin Dzelzainis.

8. Political Culture: David Harris Sacks.

Part IV: Reading: .

9.'The Great Variety of Readers' and Early Modern Reading Practices: Heidi Brayman Hackel.

10. Reading the Bible: David Daniell.

11. Reading the Classics: Robert L. Miola.

12. Reading History: D. R. Woolf.

13. Reading Vernacular literature: Diana E. Henderson and James Siemon.

Part V: Writing:.

14. Professional Playwrighting: Scott McMillin.

15. Shakespeare's 'Native English': Jonathan Hope.

16. Hearing Shakespeare's Dramatic Verse: George T. Wright.

17. Shakespeare and Rhetorical Culture: Peter G. Platt.

18. Shakespeare and Genre: Jean E. Howard.

Part VI: Playing:.

19. The Economics of Playing: William Ingram.

20. The Chamberlain's-King's Men: S.P. Cerasano.

21 Shakespeare's Repertory: Roslyn L. Knutson.

22. Shakespeare's Playhouses: Andrew Gurr.

23. Licensing and Censorship: Richard Dutton.

Part VII: Printing:.

24. Shakespeare in Print, 1593-1640: Thomas L. Berger and Jesse M. Lander.

25.'Precious Few': English Manuscript Playbooks: William B. Long.

26. The Craft of Printing (1600): Laurie E. Maguire.

27. The London Book-trade in 1600: Mark Bland.

28. Liberty, License and Authority: Press Censorship and Shakespeare: Cyndia Susan Clegg.

Part VIII: Shakespeare II:.

29. Shakespeare: the Myth: Michael D. Bristol.

Index.