Antony and Cleopatra (Vol. 70) - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Charney, Maurice. “The Imagery of Antony and Cleopatra.” In Shakespeare's Roman Plays: The Function of Imagery in the Drama, pp. 79-141. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961.
Studies Antony and Cleopatra's use of the imagery related to dimension and scope, demonstrating the way such imagery expresses the hyperbole characterizing the style of the play.
Dorius, R. J. “Love, Death, and the Heroic” and “The Triumph of Imagination: Act V.” In How to Read Shakespearean Tragedy, edited by Edward Quinn, pp. 295-310; 339-49. New York: Harper's College Press, 1978.
Discusses the interaction between tragic, heroic, and romantic elements in the play, and contends that much of the divergence of opinion regarding the play's genre is rooted in the way Shakespeare's treatment of love and of Cleopatra are interpreted.
Hamilton, Donna B. “Antony and...
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