Shakespearean Criticism

Twelfth Night (Vol. 85) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Ake, Jami. “Glimpsing a ‘Lesbian’ Poetics in Twelfth Night.Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 43, no. 2 (2003): 375-94.

Studies the dynamics of same-sex feminine desire, focusing on the relationship between Olivia and Viola/Cesario in Twelfth Night.

de Somogyi, Nick, ed. Introduction to Twelfth Night / Twelfe Night, or What You Will, by William Shakespeare, pp. xxv-xxxix. London: Nick Hern Books, 2001.

Comments on the textual uniqueness of Twelfth Night and examines some of the idiosyncrasies of its manuscript history.

Gregson, J. M. “The Play.” In Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, pp. 24-58. London: Edward Arnold, 1980.

Surveys language, structure, theme, and characterization in Twelfth Night and describes the play as the epitome of Shakespearean romantic comedy.

Hunt, Maurice. “Viola/Cesario, Caesarean Birth,...

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