Shakespeare and the question of theory (Methuen, 1985)
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction / Patricia Parker -- [I. Language, rhetoric, deconstruction] -- "Tongue-tied our queen?': the deconstruction of prescence in The winter's tale / Howard Felperin -- "Ariachne's broken woof" : the rehtoric of citation on Troilus and Cressida / Elizabeth Freund -- Shakespeare's poetical character in Twelfthnight / Geoffrey H. Hartman -- Shakespeare and rhetoric : "dilation" and "delation" : in Othello / Patricia Parker -- [II. The woman's part] -- Representing Ophelia : women, madness, and the responsibilities of feminist criticism / Elaine Showalter -- "The blazon of sweet beauty's best" : Shakespeare's Lucrece / Nancy Vickers -- Shakespearean inscriptions : the voicing of power / Jonathan Goldberg -- The turn of the shrew / Joel Fineman -- [III. Politics, economy, history] -- Shakespeare and the exorcists / Stephen Greenblatt -- The politics of desire in Troilus and Cressida / Rene Girard -- Psychoanalyzing the Shakespeare text : the first three scenes of the Henriad / Harry Berger, Jr. -- Pitiful thrivers : failed husbandry in the sonnets / Thomas M. Greene -- "Who does the wolf love?" : Coriolanus and the interpretations of politics / Stanley Cavell -- [IV. he question of Hamlet] -- Mimesis in Hamlet / Robert Weimann -- Hamlet : letters and spirits / Margaret W. Ferguson -- Telmah / Terence Hawkes