HOW TO DO THINGS WITH SHAKESPEARE

This is a companion to Shakespeare with a difference.Vive la différance!
DAVID BEVINGTON, UNIVERSITY OFCHICAGO

Doing things with literature: scholarly articles are not the only way to go. Aristotle uses a lecture, Horace a letter, Sidney a mock oration. Laurie Maguire and the contributors to this book engage in a genial conversation that invites students in. Like all good conversations, this one admits first-person candor, keeps things lively by changing the subject five times, welcomes disagreements, and waits for what the reader-listener is going to do in response.
BRUCE SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Introduction: Laurie E. Maguire (Magdalen College, University of Oxford).

Part I How To Do Things with Sources.

1. French Connections: The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Montaigne and Shakespeare: Richard Scholar (Oriel College, Oxford).

2. Romancing the Greeks: Cymbelines Genres and Models: Tanya Pollard (Brooklyn College, City University of New York).

3. How the Renaissance (Mis)Used Sources: The Art of Misquotation: Julie Maxwell (Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge).

Part II How To Do Things with History.

4. Henry VIII, or All is True: Shakespeares Favorite Play: Chris R. Kyle (Syracuse University).

5. Catholicism and Conversion in Loves Labours Lost: Gillian Woods (Wadham College, Oxford).

Part III How To Do Things with Texts.

6. Watching as Reading: The Audience and Written Text in Shakespeares Playhouse: Tiffany Stern (University College, Oxford).

7. What Do Editors Do and Why Does It Matter?: Anthony B. Dawson (University of British Columbia).

Part IV How To Do Things with Animals.

8. The dog is himself: Humans, Animals, and Self-Control in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Erica Fudge.

(Middlesex University).

9. Sheepishness in The Winters Tale: Paul Yachnin (McGill University).

Part V How To Do Things with Posterity.

10. Time and the Nature of Sequence in Shakespeares Sonnets: In sequent toil all forwards do contend: Georgia Brown (independent scholar).

11. Canons and Cultures: Is Shakespeare Universal? : A. E. B. Coldiron (Florida State University).

12. Freezing the Snowman: (How) Can We Do Performance Criticism?: Emma Smith (Hertford College, Oxford).

Index