Shakespeare's Extremes is a controversial intervention in current critical debates on the status of the human in Shakespeare's work. By focusing on three flagrant cases of human exorbitance - Edgar, Caliban and Julius Caesar - this book seeks to limn out the domain of the human proper in Shakespeare.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Note on texts
Introduction: A Sentimental Paradox

1. Body
2. Wild Man
3. Monster
4. Beast
   Bibliography
   Index