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Analyzes Henry Lawes’s musical setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 in the Bodleian Library collection, which adds six new lines. Reveals that, when the poem is read in the context of Royalist Elias Ashmole’s miscellany from the 1640s, the sonnet’s praise of romantic constancy is transformed into political constancy. English summary, 129.

Offers quotations from Shakespeare and paraphrases organized around twenty-three "components of humanness."

Explores how characters react to the death of children in Richard III, noting that religious ceremony and rote grieving does not capture the true mourning characters express in interstitial moments. English summary, 1.

Contends that Howard Barker's Seven Lears (q.v.), like Shakespeare's King Lear, criticizes patriarchal systems that raise children to be "dehumanized, though obedient citizens." English summary, 21.

Contends that Samuil Marshak's translation of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1948, often reprinted) reflects Marshak's era and sensibilities rather than offering a window into Shakespeare's. English summary, 16.

Compares two translations of lines from Henry VIII by Mohamed Enani (1996; one, in prose, in his introduction; the other, in verse, in the body of the play). Suggests that Enani offers two variant translations because they serve different purposes. Notes that Enani's translation of the play is more "aesthetic." English summary, 104.

With Mateusz Godlewski and Przemysław Pożar.

Offers biographies of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Polish Shakespeare translators. Presents history of Polish-language Shakespeare translation, expanding on earlier volume (q.v.). Available to download from Polski Szekspir (q.v.).

Offers selected nineteenth-century Polish translations of Shakespeare's works. Available to download from Polski Szekspir (q.v.).

Offers biographies of nineteenth-century Polish Shakespeare translators. Presents history of Polish-language Shakespeare translation, continued in later volume (q.v.). Available to download from Polski Szekspir (q.v.).

Online repository of selected Polish translations of Shakespeare's texts. Offers downloads of multiple electronic publications (q.v.).