How to Do Things with Shakespeare - New Approaches, New Essays

Laurie Maguire is a Fellow of Magdalen College and Reader in English at Oxford University. Her books include Shakespearean Suspect Texts (1996), Studying Shakespeare (2004), Where There's a Will There's a Way (2006), and Shakespeare's Names (2007). Maguire has published widely on Renaissance drama, textual problems, performance, and women's studies.

Notes on Contributors. 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: Cymbeline's 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: Shakespeare's "Favorite" Play: Chris R. Kyle (Syracuse University). 5. Catholicism and Conversion in Love's Labour's Lost: Gillian Woods (Wadham College, Oxford). Part III How To Do Things with Texts. 6. Watching as Reading: The Audience and Written Text in Shakespeare's 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 Winter's Tale: Paul Yachnin (McGill University). Part V How To Do Things with Posterity. 10. Time and the Nature of Sequence in Shakespeare's 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