
This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare s depiction of specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of mirrors in the playwright s art and thought. Adding a new dimension to the plays Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King...

Speculative Understanding and Ignorance in Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth Holding Up Drama as an 'Ideal' Mirror in Hamlet and The Life of King Henry the Fifth Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in John Lyly's Comedies Mirroring Queen Elizabeth in Love's Labor's Lost...