Revision and translation of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Freie Universität Berlin, 2015, entitled Skeptizismus im europäischen Drama der Frühen Neuzeit : Untersuchungen zu Dramentexten von Shakespeare, Calderón, Lope de Vega, Rotrou und Cervantes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381).
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Skepticism in the philosophical tradition -- 2. On skepticism in Shakespear's Hamlet -- 3. Aspects of skepticism in Calderón's La Vida es sueño -- 4. Aspects of skepticism in the genesius plays by Lope de Vega and Jean de Rotrou -- 5. Cervantes, Entremés del Retablo de las maravillas -- Conclusion -- References