Bergeron, David M. “Alchemy and Timon of Athens.” CLA Journal XIII, No. 4 (June 1970): 364-73.

Applies the philosophical tenets of alchemy allegorically to interpret the play.

Bizley, W. H. “Language and Currency in Timon of Athens.” Theoria XLIV (May 1975): 21-42.

Examines the language Shakespeare employs to discuss cultural beliefs about money.

Cohen, Derek.“The Politics of Wealth: Timon of Athens.” Neophilologus LXXVII, No. 1, (January 1993): 149-60.

Explores the multifaced role of wealth and poverty in Timon of Athens, arguing that not only is it at the center of the drama but that Shakespeare proposes revolutionary ideas.

De Alvariz, Leo Paul S. “Timon of Athens.” In Shakespeare as Political Thinker, edited by John Alvis and Thomas G. West, pp. 157-179. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1981.

Provides an in-depth overview and analysis.

Dillon, Janette. “‘Solitariness’: Shakespeare and Plutarch.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology LXXVIII, No. 3 (July 1979): 325-44.

Explores the shared origins of Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens in Plutarch's The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans.

James, Max H. “Love Destroyed by Lust in Timon of Athens.” In “Scarce Truth Enough Alive”: Shakespeare's Contemporary Search for Truth and Trust, pp. 50-7. Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Co., 1995.

Considers the important and strictly defined role of friendship in Renaissance England in relation to the play.

Levitsky, Ruth. “Timon: Shakespeare's Magnyfycence and an Embryonic Lear.” Shakespeare Studies XI, (1978): 107–21.

Compares Timon of Athens to King Lear, arguing that while neither title character achieves moral fortitude, Lear is the most fully developed and thus the better play.

Nuttall, A. D. “Timon Among the Suitors.” In Timon of Athens, pp. 17-29. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989.

Explores the character's hidden agendas, particularly the nature of Timon's gifts.

Ruszkiewicz, John J. “Liberality, Friendship and Timon of Athens” Thoth, 16, No. 1 (Winter.1975-76): 3-17.

Examines the concepts of liberality and friendship presented in Timon of Athens against the backdrop of Renaissance beliefs.

Tinker, Michael. “Theme in Timon of Athens.” In Shakespeare's Late Plays, edited by Richard C. Tobias and Paul G. Zolbrod, pp. 76-88. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1974.

Challenges earlier interpretations of Timon of Athens, arguing that the play is unified around a central theme.

Walker, Lewis. “Fortune and Friendship in Timon of Athens.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language XVIII, No. 4 (Winter 1977): 577-600.

Considers the importance of the allegorical role of the goddess Fortune in Timon of Athens.

Walker, Lewis. “Money in Timon of Athens.” Philological Quarterly 97, No. 2 (Spring 1978): 269-71.

Argues that Shakespeare uses the monetary figures in the play for symbolic reasons.

Walker, Lewis. “Timon of Athens and the Morality Tradition.” Shakespeare Studies XII (1979): 159-77.

Explores the common elements between Timon of Athens and English morality plays, arguing that Shakespeare built on the morality play.

Wilcher, Robert. “Timon of Athens: A Shakespearian Experiment.” Cahiers Élisabéthains, No. 34 (October 1988): 61-78.

Analyzes the genre of the play, concluding that Shakespeare was experimenting with the use of satire.