Acknowledgements
Introduction
Semiotics: Tamburlaine; The Knight of the Burning Pestle;
Othello
Structuralism: King Lear; The Duchess of Malfi; Hamlet; The Spanish
Tragedy
Poststructuralism: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hamlet; The
Alchemist
Psychoanalysis: Bartholomew Fair; 'Tis Pity She's A Whore
Historicism: The White Devil; As You Like It; Henry V
Feminism: The Duchess of Malfi; The Roaring Girl
Marxism: The Shoemakers' Holiday; Macbeth
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.
ANDY MOUSLEY is Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University.
Readers seeking a clear outline of current literary theory and a useful application of its principles to selected Renaissance plays will find this volume most helpful...this is an excellent primer for anyone wishing to navigate the thicket of modern theory. "Choice"
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