Shakespeare After Theory

<p>The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. <em>Shakespeare After Theory</em> provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us.</p> Part 1 Introduction; Introduction; Part 2 Demanding History; Chapter 1 Shakespeare after Theory; Chapter 2 Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet?; Part 3 The Text in History; Chapter 3 The Mechanics of Culture; Chapter 4 Shakespeare in Print; Chapter 5 “Killed with Hard Opinions”; Part 4 The Text as History; Chapter 6 “Proud Majesty Made a Subject”; Chapter 7 “The King hath many marching in his Coats,” or, What did you do in the War, Daddy?; Chapter 8 Is There a Class in This (Shakespearean) Text?; Chapter 9 Macbeth and the “Name of King”; Chapter 10 “The Duke of Milan / And his Brave Son”; Part 5 Coda; Chapter 11 “Publike Sports” and “Publike Calamities”;