Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction. Part I: Shakespeare, Hamlet, Selfhood. 1. Hamlet and failure -- 2. 'A room...at the back of the shop' -- 3. Egyptianism (our fascist future) -- 4. 'Become who you are!' -- 5. Hamlet and self-love -- 6. 'To thine own self be true' -- 7. Listening to ghosts -- 8. Shakespeare's self -- Part II. Shakespeare and Evil. 9. 'Old lad, I am thine own: authenticity and Titus Andronicus -- 10. Evil and self-creation -- 11. Libertarian Shakespeare: Mill, Bradley -- 12. Shakespearean immoral individualism: Gide -- 13. Strange Shakespeare: Symons and others -- 14. Eliot's rejection of Shakespeare -- 15. Shakespearean immoralism: Antony and Cleopatra -- 16. Making oneself known: Montaigne and the Sonnets -- Part III. Shakespeare and Self-Government. 17. Freedom and self-government: The Tempest -- 18. Calibanism -- Conclusion: Shakespeare's 'beauteous freedom'.