This edited collection of essays analyses the contributions that presentist theory and criticism have made to the field of Shakespeare studies in recent years while simultaneously highlighting the contributions of Hugh Grady to that intellectual endeavour. The book is comprised of eleven core chapters authored by a mix of renowned Shakespeare scholars and early career scholars in a global context, complemented by a Foreword, an interview with Hugh Grady, and an Afterword.

Evelyn Gajowski is Professor of English Emerita and Barrick Distinguished Scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She has published five books on Shakespeare, including The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism (2021); The Merry Wives of Windsor: New Critical Essays, co-edited with Phyllis Rackin (2015); and Presentism, Gender, and Sexuality in Shakespeare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). She serves as Series Editor of the Arden Shakespeare and Theory Series.