Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Heywood, Thomas | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Bach, Rebecca Ann. “The Homosocial Imaginary of A Woman Killed with Kindness.Textual Practice 12, no. 3 (winter 1998): 503-24.

Refutes the common critical assessment that classifies Heywood's play as a domestic tragedy, claiming that the term domestic carried a far different meaning in early modern England than it does today.

Baines, Barbara J. Thomas Heywood. Boston: Twayne, 1984, 178 p.

Comprehensive coverage of Heywood's life and work, with chapters on each of the dramatic genres in which Heywood wrote.

Boas, Frederick S. “The Four Ages: Golden, Silver, Brazen, Iron.” In Thomas Heywood, pp. 83-104. London: Williams & Norgate, 1950.

Discusses the critical reception of Heywood's dramatic series, which was surprisingly successful despite its mythological subject matter.

Bradbrook, M. C. “Thomas Heywood, Shakespeare's Shadow, ‘A...

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