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Advocates that All's Well That Ends Well gives a more positive portrayal of single surrogate parenting than most early modern works by examining three modes of single surrogate parenthood in the figures of the Countess of Roussillon as an adoptive mother, the guardian King of France, and the advisor Lafeu.

Argues for the importance of literature today by examining the opening of several works (including Hamlet) to demonstrate that literature is the best form of limitless human self-cultivation.

Argues that understanding how Ophelia's ballads contribute to the theatrical nature of her madness in Hamlet gives insight both into the way Shakespeare exploits tensions between stage-centered and page-centered dramaturgy and locates Ophelia in the popular ballad tradition that allowed room for female resistance to patriarchal expectations.

Compares Ron Rash's Serena to Macbeth (one of the novel's sources) by examining them from a variety of perspectives--from the author and publishers, to the narrative itself, and finally to critics and reviewers.

Discusses the "dramaturgical pedagogy" involved in an Australian primary school's production of King Lear by illustrating the processes used to develop the children's understanding of the play, by interrogating key artistic decisions made in adapting the play, and by theorizing the project in relation to the dramaturgical and pedagogic approaches underpinning the script adaptation. English summary, 282.

Examines how Bertolt Brecht adopts Mao Tse Tung's concept of "dominant" and "secondary" antagonisms in his Coriolan in order to demonstrate the impact of Mao's On Contradiction on Brecht's Marxist philosophy.

Develops an account of why Miguel de Unamuno supported the Nationalist coup that started the Spanish Civil War by analyzing how his late re-engagement with 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI, Richard II, Richard III, King Lear, and Tempest illuminates his understanding of the Civil War as it developed over the final months of his life.

Compares how Shakespeare and George Peele use a range of techniques to depict female multilingualism, arguing that Peele shows a wider range of code-switching yet suggesting that both playwrights show unease at the idea of a woman speaking a foreign language. English summary, 89.

Suggests that Two Gentlemen of Verona and Love's Labor's Lost "engage with multilingualism's and translation's impact on early modern English identities" and anticipate cultural accord despite English culture's grappling "with the vicissitudes of Englishness." English summary, 112.

Asserts that Hamlet provides a "valuable way of addressing the complexities of postcolonialism in the contemporary world" by examining how Han Ong uses the play in his novel The Disinherited to redress neocolonial injustices and to stress the lasting influence of the colonial intervention which those very injustices created.