Antony and Cleopatra (Vol. 81) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Berek, Peter. “Doing and Undoing: The Value of Action in Antony and Cleopatra.Shakespeare Quarterly 32, no. 3 (autumn 1981): 295-304.

Highlights similarities in the views of Shakespeare's Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavius regarding the limits of worldly action in Antony and Cleopatra.

Charnes, Linda. “What's Love Got to Do with It? Reading the Liberal Humanist Romance in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.Textual Practice 6, no. 1 (spring 1992): 1-16.

Holds the near universal acceptance of passionate and real love between Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra up to critical scrutiny.

Curtis, Mary Ann. “The Joining of Male and Female: An Alchemical Theme of Transmutation in Antony and Cleopatra.Upstart Crow 12 (1992): 116-26.

Probes the imagery of alchemy in Antony and Cleopatra, illuminating the drama's thematic concern...

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