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"Considers the importance of psychoanalysis in the writings of [Hélène] Cixous and [Jacques] Derrida, in particular in terms of Cixous's description of [Sigmund] Freud as 'the Shakespeare of the Night.'" Explores "what Derrida terms 'thinking analysis' in Cixous's writing" through "readings of Freud and Popper-Lynkeus, Derrida's 'To Speculate--on Freud,' and telepathic or magical thinking in Shakespeare." Includes discussion of Midsummer Night's Dream. English summary, 223.

Focuses on Macbeth to explore Shakespeare's "ways of expressing the future, or describing events in the future" by borrowing "from the Aristotelian framework a sense that such expressions tell us a great deal about belief and unbelief, as they do also about certainty and uncertainty." German summary, 32.

Discusses Shakespeare's depiction of pagan gods and goddesses in Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Cymbeline, and Winter's Tale, questioning what the non-allegorical inclusion of these figures means in the context of Christian early modern England, and what they indicate about Shakespeare's own faith (and doubts). German summary, 51.

"Reconstructs [Titus Andronicus's] intertextual dialogue with Saint John's Book of Revelation" and points out anti-Catholic allegory in the play, arguing that it "ironically reflects the danger and potential staying power of [Catholicism] in Elizabethan England" and "casts doubt on the Protestant movement's ability to cope with its 'scheming' Catholic counterpart." English summary, 71.

Uses 1 and 2 Henry VI and King John to argue that "faith in Shakespeare is not so much a matter of systematic allegiance as one of constant debate and controversy," reading the plays in the context of the religious and political turmoil of the 1590s, including Elizabeth's excommunication, Mary Stuart's troubling presence in England, the Babington Plot, and the Spanish Armada. German summary, 86-87.

In adapting Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of dialogism to define menippean satire as an experiment with language, voice, and genre that critiques and dismantles monologic discourse, examines the confluence of satire and allegory in Timon of Athens.

"Consider[s] Henry [V]'s prayer alongside Claudius's [in Hamlet] and the advice in the Elizabethan Homilies (1571) and ultimately conclude[s] that Henry V does not demonstrate a divine hand via an answered prayer, but instead points up the paradox that prayer is both necessary and futile." German summary, 103.

Discusses George Tabori's treatment of Shylock's character in his productions of Merchant of Venice, focusing on his placement of the play and its characters in the context of the Holocaust and World War II. German summary, 116.

Contrasts hospitality in Shakespeare's multi-national Venice of Merchant of Venice and Othello with that in Ottoman travel writer Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname, arguing that "while Shakespeare adheres to [Immanuel] Kant's conception of conditional hospitality, Evliya strives to imagine, and aspires to achieve, a model of un-conditional hospitality . . . capable of accommodating all cultures." German summary, 135.

"Addresses three aspects of King Lear: the representation of very old age, the breakdown of social and symbolic order, and the uses of old age style." English summary, 157-58.