Souls with Longing

Edited by Bernard J. Dobski and Dustin A. Gish - Contributions by John Alvis; George Anastaplo; Glenn Arbery; John Briggs; Paul Cantor; Leon Craig; Scott Crider; Dustin A. Gish; Carson Holloway; David Lowenthal; Carol McNamara and Laurence D. Nee

Souls with Longing focuses on representations of honor and love in the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. The contributors to this collaborative volume reveal how Shakespeare's representations of the longing for and pursuit of honor and love in his characters teach us about who we are, what we desire, and why. Shakespeare's works thus vividly represent a grand pageant of souls with longing which holds sway over our political, moral, and romantic imaginations.

Acknowledgments Prologue Shakespeare's Souls with Longing Chapters Chapter 1. Shakespeare's Understandings of Honor: Morally Absolute, Politically Relative Chapter 2. Love, Honor, and the Dynamics of Shakespearean Drama Chapter 3. The Spectrum of Love: Nature and Convention in As You Like It Chapter 4. Pagan Statesmanship and Christian Translation: Governing Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream Chapter 5. Honor and Eros: Private Goods and Public Neglect in Shakespeare's Troy Chapter 6. Friendship and Love of Honor: The Education of Henry V Chapter 7. Love, Sex, and Shakespeare's Intention in Romeo and Juliet Chapter 8. Macbeth's Strange Infirmity: Shakespeare's Portrait of A Demonic Tyranny Chapter 9. Beyond Love and Honor: Eros and Will to Power in Richard III Chapter 10. Taming The Tempest: Prospero's Love of Wisdom and the Turn from Tyranny Chapter 11. A Motley to the View: Staging Tragic Honor Epilogue Chapter 12. The Phoenix and Turtle and the Mysteries of Love: Who Wants What, Why, and to What Effect? Chapter 13. Love's Book of Honor and Shame: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Lyric Flourishing Appendices Chapter A. Shakespeare's Plays: First Folio Edition (London, 1623) Chapter B. Shakespeare's Works: Arranged According to Composition Date Chapter C. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Political Order Chapter D. Shakespeare's Plays: Arranged According to Dramatic Setting and Date