Introduction : Twenty-first-century Shakespeares / Evelyn Gajowski -- 1. Foundational studies. Close reading and new criticism / Kent Cartwright -- Genre studies / Michelle Dowd -- Character studies / Michael Bristol -- 2. Challenges to traditional liberal humanism. Marxist studies / Christian Smith -- New historicist studies / Hugh Grady -- Cultural materialist studies / Christopher Marlow -- Feminist studies / Jessica McCall -- Psychoanalytic studies / Carolyn E. Brown -- 3. Matters of difference. Race studies / Arthur L. Little, Jr. -- Postcolonial studies / Ruben Espinosa -- Queer studies / Anthony Guy Patricia -- 4. Millennial directions. Ecocritical studies / Randall Martin -- Computational studies / Brett Greatley-Hirsch -- Spiritual studies / Peter Atkinson -- Presentist studies / Miguel Ramalhete Gomes -- Global studies / Alexa Alice Joubin -- 5. Twenty-first-century directions. Disability studies / Katherine Schapp Williams -- Ecofeminist studies / Jennifer Munroe and Rebecca Laroche -- Posthumanist studies / Karen Raber -- Cognitive ethology studies / Craig Dionne -- Appendix A : Timeline of significant developments / Evelyn Gajowski -- Appendix B : A-Z glossary of key terms / Gary Lindeburg -- Appendix C : Annotated bibliography / Dorothy Vanderford -- Appendix D : Resources for further research / Gary Lindeburg.