Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Embodying shame -- 1. Thumb-biting : performing toxic masculinity in Romeo and Juliet -- 2. Figging : Spanish anxieties and ancient grudges in Pistol's Henriad -- 3. Spitting at Richard : taming the beast in Richard III -- 4. Spitting at Shylock : shameful conversion in The merchant of Venice -- 5. Horning : fragile masculinity in Othello -- 6. Hand-washing : feminine shame in Macbeth -- 7. Kneeling : passive aggression in Coriolanus -- 8. Stillness : female constancy in The winter's tale -- Epilogue. Epilogue
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