Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1
4. 1. INTRODUCTION 3
5. Part I: Belonging
6. 2. Egeon's Friends and Relations: The Comedy of Errors 13
7. 3. The Raw and the Cooked in The Taming of the Shrew 32
8. Part II: Cultural Values and the Values of Culture
9. 4. Common Courtesy in The Two Gentlemen of Verona 57
10. 5. Learning and Language in Love's Labor's Lost 74
11. Part III: Change and Continuity
12. 6. The Changes and Chances of Mortal Life in A Midsummer Night's Dream 103
13. 7. Deserving and Diversity in The Merchant of Venice 125
14. Part IV: Court and Country
15. 8. Pastoral and Parody in The Merry Wives of Windsor 151
16. 9. The Unauthorized Language of Much Ado About Nothing 171
17. Part V: Renewal and Reciprocity
18. 10. Changing Places in Arden: As You Like It 193
19. 11. The Principle of Recompense in Twelfth Night 216
20. 12. Conclusion 236
21. NOTES 245
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 273
23. INDEX 285