Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contenidos: PART ONE: Reflective Readers

Reading, Stage by Stage: Shakespeare’s Sonnets – Helen Vendler

Close Reading without Readings – Stephen Booth

Troubles of a Professional Meter Reader – George T. Wright

PART TWO: Reading Reflexively

Hydra and Rhizome – Harry Berger, Jr.

Othello and Hamlet: Dilation, Spying, and the “Secret Place” of Woman – Patricia Parker

“To You I Give Myself, For I Am Yours”: Erotic Performance and Theatrical Performatives in As You Like It – Susanne L. Wofford

Pushing the Envelope: Supersonic Criticism – David Willbern

PART THREE: Reflexive Readings

The Taming of the Shrew, Good Husbandry, and Enclosure – Lynda E. Boose

“Word Itself against the Word”: Close Reading after Voloshinov – James R. Siemon

The Critic, the Poor Player, Prince Hamlet, and the Lady in the Dark – Barbara Hodgdon

It also includes Contributors and an Index

Shakespeare Reread: The Texts in New Contexts, edited by Russ McDonald, is a collection of ten essays that re-examines Shakespeare’s works through a blend of traditional close reading and modern critical approaches. The contributors explore how formal elements—like meter, language, and structure—interact with contemporary themes such as gender, performance, and literary theory. Together, the essays argue that paying close attention to Shakespeare’s language remains essential, even in a changing critical landscap