Cymbeline (Vol. 36) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Baxter, John. "Cymbeline and the Measures of Chastity." In The Elizabethan Theatre XII, pp. 135-55. Toronto: P. D. Meany, 1993.

Maintains that while Shakespeare wrote Cymbeline in the romance genre, he used tragic elements for his dramatic purpose, particularly to reveal his view of marital chastity.

Colley, John Scott. "Disguise and New Guise in Cymbeline." In Shakespeare Studies: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism, and Reviews, Vol. VII, edited by J. Leeds Barroll, 1974, pp. 233-52.

Suggests that the plot development of Cymbeline was more easily understood in Elizabethan times, when audiences viewed costuming and the use of guises as important tools of characterization.

Cutts, John P. "Cymbeline." In Rich and Strange: A Study of Shakespeare's Last Plays. Washington State University Press, 1968, pp. 26-50.

Asserts that the characters in Cymbeline live...

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