Introduction : impure aesthetics
A Shakespearean aesthetic : into the woods outside Athens
A midsummer night's dream : eros and the aesthetic
Modernity, usury, and art in Timon of Athens
The aesthetics of death and mourning
Hamlet as mourning-play
The aesthetics of the trauerspiel
Hamlet as trauerspiel
Post-script : Hamlet, subjectivity, and aesthetics
Beautiful death in Romeo and Juliet
Conclusion : the critical present.
Shakespeare and impure aesthetics by Hugh Grady. ISBN 9780521514750. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.