Douglas Bruster is Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Drama and the Market in the Age of Shakespeare; Quoting Shakespeare; Shakespeare and the Question of Culture; and, with Robert Weimann, Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre.

"Douglas Bruster's To Be or Not to Be should delight and instruct anyone who has ever read, seen, or struggled with the central speech of Hamlet...Bruster has done a remarkable job building bridges over notoriously choppy waters, and this book is highly recommended." - Studies in English Literature, Spring 2008

• General Editors' Preface1. In the Shakespeare Museum 2. What are the Questions?3. There's the Rub4. How Does it Mean? (The Speech as Poem)5. The Name of Action (The Speech in Context)6. Not One Speech but Three, or 'There's the Point'7. Consummation (Some Conclusions)8.  Acknowledgments and Further ReadingIndex

Douglas Bruster is Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Drama and the Market in the Age of Shakespeare; Quoting Shakespeare; Shakespeare and the Question of Culture; and, with Robert Weimann, Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre.

"Douglas Bruster's To Be or Not to Be should delight and instruct anyone who has ever read, seen, or struggled with the central speech of Hamlet...Bruster has done a remarkable job building bridges over notoriously choppy waters, and this book is highly recommended." - Studies in English Literature, Spring 2008

• General Editors' Preface1. In the Shakespeare Museum 2. What are the Questions?3. There's the Rub4. How Does it Mean? (The Speech as Poem)5. The Name of Action (The Speech in Context)6. Not One Speech but Three, or 'There's the Point'7. Consummation (Some Conclusions)8.  Acknowledgments and Further ReadingIndex

Douglas Bruster is Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Drama and the Market in the Age of Shakespeare; Quoting Shakespeare; Shakespeare and the Question of Culture; and, with Robert Weimann, Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre.

"Douglas Bruster's To Be or Not to Be should delight and instruct anyone who has ever read, seen, or struggled with the central speech of Hamlet...Bruster has done a remarkable job building bridges over notoriously choppy waters, and this book is highly recommended." - Studies in English Literature, Spring 2008

• General Editors' Preface1. In the Shakespeare Museum 2. What are the Questions?3. There's the Rub4. How Does it Mean? (The Speech as Poem)5. The Name of Action (The Speech in Context)6. Not One Speech but Three, or 'There's the Point'7. Consummation (Some Conclusions)8.  Acknowledgments and Further ReadingIndex