Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Plates vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I: Titus Andronicus
7. Chapter 1. Succession and confessional politics combined 17
8. Chapter 2. Tyranny delineated 35
9. Chapter 3. Beyond paganism and politics 53
10. PART II: Hamlet
11. Chapter 4. Hamlet with the confessional and succession politics left in 73
12. Chapter 5. The generic matrix: revenge tragedy, history play, murder pamphlet and conversion narrative 98
13. Chapter 6. The (providential) purposes of playing 110
14. Chapter 7. The politics of conscience 120
15. Chapter 8. Contemporary resonances 164
16. Conclusion. Pagan/Catholic/Protestant/Christian 179
17. Notes 192
18. Further reading 209
19. Index 211