Shakespeare, Love and Service (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. 'Thou serv'st me, and I'll love thee': service and love in Shakespeare's world; 2. Performance and imagination: The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night's Dream; 3. The bounds of service and the bonds of love: The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It and The Tempest; 4. 'More than a steward': the sonnets, Twelfth Night, and Timon of Athens; 5. The services of friendship: Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, the sonnets, and Antony and Cleopatra; 6. 'I am your own for ever': King Lear and Othello; 7. 'Something more than man': The Winter's Tale.