CRITICISM

Bergeron, David M. “Timon of Athens and Morality Drama.” CLA Journal 10, no. 3 (March 1967): 181-88.

Compares Timon of Athens to the morality play Everyman (c. 1500.)

———. “Alchemy and Timon of Athens.” CLA Journal 13, no. 4 (June 1970): 364-73.

Discusses alchemy as a metaphor for character transformation in Timon of Athens.

Bizley, W. H. “Language and Currency in Timon of Athens.” Theoria 44 (May 1975): 21-42.

Explores Shakespeare's use of the language of money in Timon of Athens.

Brown, John Russell. “Timon of Athens: Beyond Tragedy.” In Shakespeare: The Tragedies, pp. 364-67. Hampshire, U.K.: Palgrave, 2001.

Provides an overview of Timon of Athens, comments on its unfinished state, and declares it an unsuccessful experiment.

Heilman, Robert B. “Timon in Context.” In Shakespeare: The Tragedies, New Perspectives, edited by Robert B. Heilman, pp. 218-31. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1984.

Contends that Timon does not want to look within and that he harangues other men and the world in order to avoid self-reflection and acknowledging that his quid pro quo style of giving is not true charity.

Kahn, Coppélia. “‘Magic of Bounty’: Timon of Athens, Jacobean Patronage, and Maternal Power.” Shakespeare Quarterly 38, no. 1 (spring 1987): 34-57.

Combines feminist criticism and new historicism to analyze women and power in Timon of Athens.

Knight, G. Wilson. “Timon of Athens and Buddhism.” Essays in Criticism 30, no. 2 (April 1980): 105-23.

Cites passages in Timon of Athens that mirror Buddhist thought.

Waggoner, G. R. “Timon of Athens and the Jacobean Duel.” Shakespeare Quarterly 16, no. 4 (autumn 1965): 303-11.

Examines the subplot of dueling in Timon of Athens.