York Notes Companions: Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

Part One: Introduction Part Two: A Cultural Overview Part Three: Texts, Writers and Contexts Shakespeare's comedies of eros: A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It Extended commentary: Twelfth Night Chronicles of virtue - Shakespeare's history plays: Richard III and Henry IV Part 1 Extended commentary: Henry V Tyranny and terror - Tragedy on the English Stage: Dr Faustus, Othello and Macbeth Extended commentary: Hamlet Shakespearean tragicomedy: Philaster and All's Well that Ends Well Extended commentary: The Tempest Comedies of Humour, Comedies of Pain: Every Man in his Humour and The Fawn Extended commentary: Volpone Jacobean Revenge drama: Revenger's Tragedy and Women Beware Women Extended commentary: The Duchess of Malfi Part Four: Critical theories and Debates Madness and Subjectivity Rhetoric and Performance Women at the Edge Nation-building Part Five: Resources Timeline Further reading Index