Preface to the Yale Edition < > < >vii < > < > < >Preface < > < >ix < > < > < >1 Shaking the concepts < > < > < > < > < >Relationships, not things: verum factum < > < > < > < > < >8 < > < > < > < > < >Dissolving man: the priority of language to meaning < > < > < > < > < >22 < > < > < >2 The dissolution of mimesis < > < > < > < > < >The 'mask of realism' < > < > < > < > < >51 < > < > < > < > < >Neoclassical verisimilitude: adjectival and adverbial realism < > < > < > < > < >56 < > < > < > < > < >Eighteenth-century perceptions of Shakespeare < > < > < > < > < >66 < > < > < > < > < >Soft formalism < > < > < > < > < >71 < > < > < > < > < >The two languages of criticism < > < > < > < > < >80 < > < > < >3 Shakespeare's imitation of the world < > < > < > < > < >Julius Caesar and Coriolanus < > < > < > < > < >99 < > < > < > < > < >The Merchant of Venice and Othello < > < > < > < > < >120 < > < > < > < > < >Henry IV: Prince Hal and Falstaff < > < > < > < > < >143 < > < > < >4 The new mimesis <
