'presentist Shakespeares' Studies The Principles And Practice Of 'presentism', A Critical Movement That Takes Account Of The Never-ending Dialogue Between The Past And The Present, Seeking Out Salient Aspects Of The Present As A Trigger For Its Investigations. Presenting Presentism / Hugh Grady And Terence Hawkes -- Band Of Brothers / Terence Hawkes -- Historicizing New Historicism / Catherine Belsey --... And I'm The King Of France / Michael Bristol -- Shakespeare, And Belief, In The Future / Linda Charnes -- Present Text: Editing The Merchant Of Venice / John Drakakis -- Action! Henry V / Ewan Fernie -- Lavinia As 'blank Page' And The Presence Of Feminist Critical Practices / Evelyn Gajowski -- Hamlet And The Present: Notes On The Moving Aesthetic 'now' / Hugh Grady -- Troilus And Cressida: The Perils Of Presentism / Kiernan Ryan. Edited By Hugh Grady And Terence Hawkes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [184]-198) And Index.