Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare: Twelve Essays

The cause of laughter --

Wit, irony, humor --

Dogberry, Malvolio, Trolius and Cressida (Ajax), Bottom, Touchstone --

Falstaff: his companions, Americanisms --

Hamlet --

The porter in "Macbeth", the clown in "Twelfth night", the fool in "Lear" --

Women and men: Maria, Helena, Imogen, Constance --

Lord Bacon and the plays, Shakspeare's women, love in Shakspeare --

Portia --

Helena; Ophelia --

Macbeth --

Blonde women: Lady Macbeth.