All's Well That Ends Well (Vol. 86) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Babula, William. “The Character and the Conclusion: Bertram and the Ending of All's Well That Ends Well.South Atlantic Bulletin 42, no. 2 (May 1977): 94-100.

Argues that Bertram's “conversion” or “rebirth” at the end of All's Well That Ends Well is an indication of his first steps toward personal maturation.

Briggs, Julia. “Shakespeare's Bed-Tricks.” Essays in Criticism 44, no. 4 (October 1994): 293-314.

Studies Shakespeare's use of the bed-trick (a clandestine exchange of sexual partners) for the purposes of legitimizing sexual transgression in All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure.

Cole, Howard C. “Preliminary Concerns: Tradition and Innovation in the All's Well Story.” In The All's Well Story from Boccaccio to Shakespeare, pp. 1-11. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.

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