The Winter's Tale | Bibliography and Further Reading

Bieman, Elizabeth. "'By Law and Process of Great Nature . . . Free'd': The Winter's Tale." In William Shakespeare: The Romances, pp. 66-89. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.
Offers an act by act synopsis of the play, and analyzes the play's primary characters and themes.

Bonjour, Adrien. "Polixenes and the Winter of His Discontent." English Studies 50, No. 2 (1969): 206-12. Compares Polixenes's emotional outburst at discovering Florizel's and Perdita's relationship to Leontes' jealousy.

Burton, Julie. "Folktale, Romance, and Shakespeare." In Studies in...

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