List of Illustrations
xiii
Introduction xv
First Age: INFANT
Stratford 1564
3(10)
The Discovery of England
13(17)
The Boy From the Greenwood
30(23)
Old World, New Man?
53(18)
Second Age: SCHOOLBOY
Stratford Grammar
71(22)
After Palingenius
93(7)
Continuing Education: The Art of Translation
100(16)
The School of Prospero
116(15)
Shakespeare's Small Library
131(18)
Third Age: LOVER
The Married Man
149(13)
Before the Bawdy Court
162(24)
The Perplexities of Love
186(37)
Fourth Age: SOLDIER
The Famous Victory of Queen Elizabeth
223(10)
Essex Man? A Political Tragedy in Five Acts
233(35)
The Clash of Civilizations
268(14)
Shakespeare and Jacobean Geopolitics
282(11)
Fifth Age: JUSTICE
At Clement's Inn
293(14)
After Machiavelli
307(12)
The King's Man
319(12)
Sixth Age: PANTALOON
The Myth of Shakespeare's Retirement
331(12)
The Principal Comedians
343(17)
The Foolosopher
360(15)
Seventh Age: OBLIVION
The Readiness is All
375(14)
Shakespeare the Epicurean
389(14)
Exit and Reentrance
403(22)
Acknowledgments 425(2)
Notes 427(30)
Index 457