Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage demonstrates the links made between excess of emotion and madness in the early modern period. It argues that the way

This text compares the pleasures and anxieties provoked by extremes of emotion on Shakespeare's stage with the ways in which emotional excess is interpreted in

Shakespeare Studies is an annual volume containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from around the world. This issue features a forum on t

Shakespeare and Emotion devotes sustained attention to the emotions as a novel way of exploring Shakespeare's works in their original contexts. A variety of dis

This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. Contributions come from established and e