Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare

" This a bravura book, one that has much to teach contemporary Shakespeare studies. " - Shakespeare Quarterly

" This difficult but rewarding study focuses on the representation of subjectivityand value in four of Shakespeare' s tragedies. " - Renaissance Quarterly

" This is an unusual book, a wild book at times, but such is the timely topic of poverty. What drives it to its scholarly and not always scholarly the author calls it ' political' conclusion, is the new sense of history that is imminent in poverty as it is in Shakespeare. " - Anselm Haverkamp, New York University, USA