Anderson, Linda. “Early Comedies.” In A Kind of Wild Justice: Revenge in Shakespeare's Comedies, pp. 23-33. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1987.

Traces the theme of “comedic revenge” in The Comedy of Errors.

Barber, C. L. “Shakespearian Comedy in The Comedy of Errors.” College English 25, No. 7 (1964): 493-97.

Argues that the play is deceptively fantastic in its portrayal of human relations.

Berry, Ralph. “And here we wander in illusions.” In Shakespeare's Comedies: Explorations in Form, pp. 24-39. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1972.

Studies the extent to which The Comedy of Errors prefigures themes found in later comedies.

Bevington, David. “The Comedy of Errors in the Context of the Late 1580s and Early 1590s.” In The Comedy of Errors: Critical Essays, edited by Robert S. Miola, pp. 335-53. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.

Discusses The Comedy of Errorsin the larger context of Elizabethan theater.

Crewe, Jonathan V. “God or The Good Physician: The Rational Playwright in The Comedy of Errors.” Genre 15, Nos. 1 and 2 (Spring/Summer 1982): 203-23.

Examines two conceptions of the playwright that allow the farcical elements of the play to be rationally redeemed.

Hennings, Thomas P. “The Anglican Doctrine of the Affectionate Marriage in The Comedy of Errors.” Modern Language Quarterly 47, No. 2 (June 1986): 91-107.

Studies The Comedy of Errorsas a complex portrait of marital harmony, influenced by Christian thought, Italian farce, and Renaissance humanism.

Maguire, Laurie. “The Girls from Ephesus.” In The Comedy of Errors: Critical Essays, edited by Robert S. Miola, pp. 355-91. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.

Focuses on the female characters in the play and their relation to the ideal of marriage.

Ornstein, Robert. “The Comedy of Errors.” In Shakespeare's Comedies: From Roman Farce to Romantic Mystery, pp. 25-34. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1986.

A general introduction to the major themes of the play.

Salgādo, Gāmini. “‘Time's Deformed Hand’: Sequence, Consequence, and Inconsequence in The Comedy of Errors.” Shakespeare Survey 25 (1972): 81-91.

Examines the disruption of and attention to time in The Comedy of Errors.

Soellner, Rolf. “The Comedy of Errors: Losing and Finding Oneself.” In Shakespeare's Patterns of Self-Knowledge, pp. 62-77. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1972.

Reflects on the redemptive structure of the early comedies.

Wells, Stanley. “Reunion Scenes in The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night.” In A Yearbook of Studies in English Language and Literature 1985/86, edited by Otto Rauchbauer, pp. 267-76. Wein: Braumüller, 1986.

Examines the staging of separation and reunion in The Comedy of Errors.

Williams, Gwyn. “The Comedy of Errors Rescued from Tragedy.” A Review of English Literature 5, No. 4 (1964): 63-71.

Defends the “improbability” of the play's plot in its broader exploration of personal identity.