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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-246) and index
Introduction - Shakespeare's late plays - Jennifer Richards and James Knowles -- - pt. 1 - Maternity and manliness - 'Gracious be the issue' : maternity and narrative in Shakespeare's late plays - Helen Hackett -- 'Thou hast made me now a man' : reforming man(ner)liness in Henry VIII - Gordon McMullan -- - 'Near akin' : the trials of friendship in The two noble kinsmen - Alan Stewart -- - pt. 2 - Art, aesthetics and society - Social decorum in The winter's tale - Jennifer Richards -- Pericles and the pox - Margaret Healy -- - Insubstantial pageants : The tempest and masquing culture - James Knowles -- - 'An art lawful as eating'? : magic in The tempest and The winter's tale - Gareth Roberts -- - pt. 3 - History and interpretation - Postcolonial Shakespeare : British identity formation and Cymbeline - Willy Maley -- - History and judgement in Henry VIII - Thomas Healy -- - 'To write and read/Be henceforth treacherous' : Cymbeline and the problem of interpretation - Alison Thorne -- - pt. 4 - Endings and beginnings - Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio - Richard Wilson -- - Tears at the wedding : Shakespeare's last phase - Julia Briggs
