目次

1. Introduction.- 2. Abraham’s Ordeal and Historical Change:  From Sacrifice to Ethics.- 3.The Merchant of Venice:  Shylock and Covenantal Interplay.- 4. Hamlet, Judge of Denmark, in a “Time. . .Out of Joint”.- 5.Falstaff, Prophet of Covenant in The Henriad.- 6.Tragic Monarchy:  Saul and Macbeth.- 7. Epilogue: Shakespeare and Milton Grapple with Kings.