His close scrutiny of passages is often perceptive, as in his comments on Shakespeare's habit of slipping in negatives that may cause lines to say the opposite of what he seems to have intended to mean. ... Jones writes well, and he has judicious comments on the use of short lines, on repetitions, and on hendiadys in Hamlet.

• 1. The One Manuscript: Sir Thomas More ; 2. The Printed Texts: The History Plays especially, and Troilus and Cressida ; 3. Hamlet ; Alas, Poor Yorick ; What's Hecuba to Him? ; The Heart of My Mystery ; Denmark's a Prison ; 4. King Lear ; Prince Hamlet and King Lear ; The Seven Stars ; Value and Meaning ; Romance into Tragedy ; 5. Othello: Improving This Play ; Coda ; Bibliography ; Index

His close scrutiny of passages is often perceptive, as in his comments on Shakespeare's habit of slipping in negatives that may cause lines to say the opposite of what he seems to have intended to mean. ... Jones writes well, and he has judicious comments on the use of short lines, on repetitions, and on hendiadys in Hamlet.

• 1. The One Manuscript: Sir Thomas More ; 2. The Printed Texts: The History Plays especially, and Troilus and Cressida ; 3. Hamlet ; Alas, Poor Yorick ; What's Hecuba to Him? ; The Heart of My Mystery ; Denmark's a Prison ; 4. King Lear ; Prince Hamlet and King Lear ; The Seven Stars ; Value and Meaning ; Romance into Tragedy ; 5. Othello: Improving This Play ; Coda ; Bibliography ; Index

His close scrutiny of passages is often perceptive, as in his comments on Shakespeare's habit of slipping in negatives that may cause lines to say the opposite of what he seems to have intended to mean. ... Jones writes well, and he has judicious comments on the use of short lines, on repetitions, and on hendiadys in Hamlet.

• 1. The One Manuscript: Sir Thomas More ; 2. The Printed Texts: The History Plays especially, and Troilus and Cressida ; 3. Hamlet ; Alas, Poor Yorick ; What's Hecuba to Him? ; The Heart of My Mystery ; Denmark's a Prison ; 4. King Lear ; Prince Hamlet and King Lear ; The Seven Stars ; Value and Meaning ; Romance into Tragedy ; 5. Othello: Improving This Play ; Coda ; Bibliography ; Index