Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction • Renaissance Self- Finishing 1
4. Chapter 1 • Failed Seriousness in the Old Arcadia and Gallathea 30
5. Chapter 2 • Slapstick and Synapothanumenon in Antony and Cleopatra 61
6. Chapter 3 • Trolling Decorum in Hamlet and Timon of Athens 94 94
7. Chapter 4 • The Open Window in Biathanatos 130
8. Interlude • Inventing Suicide in Religio Medici 150
9. Chapter 5 • A Cartoon about Suicide Prevention in Paradise Lost 160
10. Chapter 6 • Smiling at Daggers in Cato, a Tragedy 191
11. Epilogue 211
12. Acknowledgments 225
13. Notes 227
14. Index 267