Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the hidden imposthume -- Misogyny: the Hamlet obsession -- Effemiphobia: the Osric courtier -- Machismo: the Hotspur model -- Elitism and mobocracy: from Jack Cade to Caliban -- Racialism: the Moor and the Jew -- Intelligent design: Lear's abyss -- Afterword: lancing the canker.