Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter One: Prejudices against learning Chapter Two: Prejudices against art Chapter Three: Prejudices against ‘strangers’ Chapter Four: Prejudices against peace Chapter Five: Prejudices against ‘Anteros’ or mutual erotic love Afterword Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

This is a contextual study of Shakespeare’s insightful depictions of varied sorts of prejudice, including prejudice against education, the arts, peace, ‘strangers’ or outsiders, and sexual love.

About the Author

B. J. Sokol is Emeritus Professor of the University of London (Goldsmith’s College) and Senior Research Associate at University College London, UK. His publications include Shakespeare’s Artists: The Painters, Sculptors, Poets and Musicians in his Plays and Poems (Arden Shakespeare, 2018), Shakespeare and Tolerance (2008) and with Mary Sokol, Shakespeare's Legal Language (2000 and 2004).