Monty Python, Shakespeare and English Renaissance Drama

Acknowledgments vii Foreword 1(4) William Proctor William Introduction: ``Whither Python?'' 5(6) The Reading(s) of a National Poet 11(25) ``And Now for Something Completely Different(?)'' Shakespeare, Jonson and Monty Python 36(37) ``Is Not the Truth the Truth?'' (Ab)uses of History 73(42) ``I Pray You Lend Me Your Dwarf'': Structures of Humor 115(43) (Ad)dressing the Other 158(55) Conclusion 213(6) Bibliography 219(12) Index 231