Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Back to Burckhardt (Plus the Reformations) 1
5. PART 1. In Defense of Passion and the Body
6. 1. Against the Rule of Reason: Praise of Passion from Petrarch to Luther to Shakespeare to Herbert 29
7. 2. Against Judgment: Petrarch and Shakespeare at Sonnets 59
8. 3. Against Morality: From Richard III to Antony and Cleopatra 98
9. PART 2. In Defense of Wordliness
10. 4. Sanctifying the Bourgeoisie: The Cultural Work of The Comedy of Errors 153
11. PART 3. In Defense of Pride
12. 5. Self-Revelation and Self-Satisfaction in Montaigne and Descartes 207
13. 6. Milton against Humility 248
14. Index 295