Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism

Evelyn Gajowski is Barrick Distinguished Scholar and Professor of English Emerita at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has published four books: The Merry Wives of Windsor: New Critical Essays, with Phyllis Rackin (2015); Presentism, Gender, and Sexuality in Shakespeare (2009); Re-Visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert Ornstein (2004); and The Art of Loving: Female Subjectivity and Male Discursive Traditions in Shakespeare's Tragedies (1992). She serves as Series Editor of the Arden Shakespeare and Theory Series.

A vital collection for anyone who is studying Shakespeare. This handbook deftly covers the critical lenses that have been applied to Shakespeare’s works in the past and provides a window into what is to come.

• List of Illustrations and TablesNotes on ContributorsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1.0 Introduction: Twenty-first-century Shakespeares, Evelyn Gajowski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)PART ONE: Foundational Studies1.1 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 Humanism2.1 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 Difference3.1 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 Directions4.1 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 Directions5.1 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 DevelopmentsA-Z Glossary of Key TermsAnnotated BibliographyResources for Further ResearchIndex