The Living Image

The imagery of field sports - of hawking, hunting, shooting and fishing - and the associated imagery of warfare are a striking feature in Shakespeare's plays. The Living Image examines the nature of this imagery,

T.R Henn

Chapter 1 The Book of Sport; Chapter 2 The Hawk and the Handsaw; Chapter 3 The Ritual of the Hunt; Chapter 4 'The pleasant'st angling'; Chapter 5 'Incorps'd and demi-natur'd'; Chapter 6 A Review of Bowmen; Chapter 7 A Note on Shakespeare's Army; Chapter 8 The Images of 'Antony and Cleopatra ';