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Contents Acknowledgments vii Chapter 1. The Semblance of Virtue: Law, Nature, and Shakespeare 1 Chapter 2. Things Seen and Unseen: The Contracts in Measure for Measure 25 Chapter 3. Perfection in Reversion: The Mock Contract in Troilus and Cressida 55 Chapter 4. Matching Meanings: Contracts, Bonds, and Sureties in The Merchant of Venice 81 Chapter 5. Lawful Title: Contractual Performance in All’s Well That Ends Well 115 Chapter 6. Nature’s Double Name: Beyond the Problem Plays 145 Notes 165 Works Cited 185 Index 191  v  ...

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