Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-301) and index
Contents:
The tempest : the conundrum of man Romeo and Juliet : the untimeliness of youth Coriolanus : the estrangement of self Macbeth : the necessity of interpretation Richard III : the problem of fact The merchant of Venice : the question of intention Othello : the persistence of difference Henry V : the quest for exemplarity Hamlet : the matter of character King Lear : the dream of sublimity