First published in 1987 The essays in Shakespeare Reproduced offer a political critique of Shakespeare s writings and the uses to which those writings are put Some of the essays focus on Shakespeare in his own time and consider how his plays can be seen to reproduce or subvert the cultural orthodoxies and the power relations of the late Renaissance Others examine the forces which have produced an overtly political criticism of Shakespeare and of his use in culture Contributors include Jean E Howard and Marion O Connor Walter Cohen Don E Wayne Thomas Cartelli Peter Erickson Karen Newman Thomas Moisan Michael D Bristol Thomas Sorge Jonathan Goldberg Robert Weimann Margaret Ferguson