The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism (Paperback)

List of Illustrations and Tables Notes on Contributors Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1.0 Introduction: Twenty-first-century Shakespeares, Evelyn Gajowski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) PART ONE: Foundational Studies 1.1 Close Reading, Kent Cartwright (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) 1.2 Genre Studies, Michelle Dowd (University of Alabama, USA) 1.3 Character Studies, Michael Bristol (McGill University, Canada) PART TWO: Challenges to Traditional Liberal Humanism 2.1 Marxist Studies, Christian Smith (Kingston University, UK) 2.2 New Historicist Studies, Hugh Grady (Arcadia University, USA) 2.3 Cultural Materialist Studies, Christopher Marlow (University of Lincoln, UK) 2.4 Feminist Studies, Jessica McCall (Delaware Valley University, USA) 2.5 Psychoanalytic Studies, Carolyn E. Brown (University of San Francisco, USA) PART 3: Matters of Difference 3.1 Critical Race Studies, Arthur L. Little, Jr. (UCLA, USA) 3.2 Postcolonial Studies, Ruben Espinosa (University of Texas, El Paso, USA) 3.3 Queer Studies, Anthony Guy Patricia (Concord University, USA) PART 4: Millennial Directions 4.1 Ecocritical Studies, Randall Martin (University of New Brunswick, Canada) 4.2 Computational Studies, Brett Greatley-Hirsch (University of Leeds, UK) 4.3 Spiritual Studies, Peter Atkinson (Worcester Cathedral, UK) 4.4 Presentist Studies, Miguel Ramalhete Gomes (University of Lisbon, Portugal) 4.5 Global Studies, Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA) PART 5: Twenty-first-century Directions 5.1 Disability Studies, Katherine Schaap Williams (NYU Abu Dhabi) 5.2 Ecofeminist Studies, Jennifer Munroe (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA) and Rebecca Laroche (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA) 5.3 Posthumanist Studies, Karen Raber (University of Mississippi, USA) 5.4 Cognitive Ethology Studies, Craig Dionne (Eastern Michigan University, USA) Appendices, Gary Lindeburg, Evelyn Gajowski, and Dorothy Vanderford (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) Timeline of Significant Developments A-Z Glossary of Key Terms Annotated Bibliography Resources for Further Research Index