This book offers a new and exciting view of Shakespeare's tragedies through a passionate and provocative argument for reclaiming shame.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Shame Before Shakespeare; Chapter 3 Shame in the Renaissance; Chapter 4 Shame in Shakespeare; Chapter 5 Hamlet; Chapter 6 Othello; Chapter 7 King Lear; Chapter 8 Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Ewan Fernie is Lecturer in English at the Queen's University of Belfast.He is the author of several articles on Renaissance literature and culture.