The Phoenix and Turtle (Vol. 38) | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Alvarez, A. "William Shakespeare: The Phoenix and the Turtle." In Interpretations: Essays on Twelve English Poems, edited by John Wain, pp. 1-16. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972.
Offers a metaphysical reading of The Phoenix and Turtle that highlights its paradoxical nature and stresses the importance of symbolic language in the poem.
Bates, Ronald. "Shakespeare's 'The Phoenix and Turtle.'" Shakespeare Quarterly VI (1955): 19-26.
Evaluates the "strange and unique tone" of The Phoenix and Turtle, particularly the intrusion of comic notes into its otherwise "profoundly serious atmosphere."
Campbell, K. T. S. "The Phoenix and the Turtle as a Signpost of Shakespeare's Development." The British Journal of Aesthetics 10, No. 2 (April 1970): 169-79.
Describes The Phoenix and Turtle as an "emblematic representation of [Shakespeare's] self-conscious understanding of...
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