NICHOLAS MARSH teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London, and is Fellow of the English Association. He is author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its third edition, the Master Guide of The Wife of Bath's Tale, and many titles in the Analysing Texts series, of which he is also the General Editor.

• General Editor's PrefaceA Note on EditionsIntroductionPART I: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S PROBLEM PLAYSOpeningsYoung MenWomenPolitics and SocietyFools and foolsDramaConclusionsPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSThe Problem Plays in Shakespeare's WorksThe ContextA Sample of Critical ViewsFurther ReadingIndex.

NICHOLAS MARSH teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London, and is Fellow of the English Association. He is author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its third edition, the Master Guide of The Wife of Bath's Tale, and many titles in the Analysing Texts series, of which he is also the General Editor.

• General Editor's PrefaceA Note on EditionsIntroductionPART I: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S PROBLEM PLAYSOpeningsYoung MenWomenPolitics and SocietyFools and foolsDramaConclusionsPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSThe Problem Plays in Shakespeare's WorksThe ContextA Sample of Critical ViewsFurther ReadingIndex.

NICHOLAS MARSH teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London, and is Fellow of the English Association. He is author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its third edition, the Master Guide of The Wife of Bath's Tale, and many titles in the Analysing Texts series, of which he is also the General Editor.

• General Editor's PrefaceA Note on EditionsIntroductionPART I: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S PROBLEM PLAYSOpeningsYoung MenWomenPolitics and SocietyFools and foolsDramaConclusionsPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSThe Problem Plays in Shakespeare's WorksThe ContextA Sample of Critical ViewsFurther ReadingIndex.