The Winter's Tale (Vol. 81) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Barkan, Leonard. “‘Living Sculptures’: Ovid, Michelangelo, and The Winter's Tale.ELH 48, no. 4 (winter 1981): 639-67.

Explores the motif of the statue in The Winter's Tale, noting that the idea of a statue coming to life was a popular one in Shakespeare's time.

Biggins, Dennis. “‘Exit Pursued by a Beare’: A Problem in The Winter's Tale.Shakespeare Quarterly 13, no. 1 (winter 1962): 3-13.

A close analysis of the bear scene in The Winter's Tale, finding it a technique Shakespeare used to wrap up several thematic elements in the play in order to make room for new developments.

Cooley, Ronald W. “Speech Versus Spectacle: Autolycus, Class and Containment in The Winter's Tale.Renaissance and Reformation 21, no. 3 (summer 1997): 15-23.

Analyzes Autolycus as a character who represents a host of Jacobean...

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