Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The ‘maister of al artifi ciall force and sleight’: Castiglione’s Literary Tempo 29
7. 2. Arden of Faversham: Tempo and Judgement on the English Stage 50
8. 3. Exercises in Judgement 69
9. 4. Killing Time in Titus Andronicus 102
10. 5. Taking Time for Love in As You Like It 122
11. 6. Wasting Time with Puritans in Bartholomew Fair 140
12. Coda 168
13. Bibliography 172
14. Index 185