Table of Contents

Acknowledgements General Editor's Preface Introduction PART 1: EARLY CRITICISM 1687-1943 On Richard III Titus Andronicus Romeo and Juliet PART 2: MODERN CRITICISM Richard III and the Tudor Myth Angel with Horns The Paradox of Power in Richard III Acting Richard III The Aesthetics of Multilation Shakespeare's Earliest Tragedies Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet Strange Images of Death Word play in Romeo and Juliet The Comic Matrix of Romeo and Juliet The Unity of Romeo and Juliet Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index.

About the Author

BRYAN LOUGHREY is Director of Research at Roehampton Institute, London.