Charney, Maurice. "Titus Andronicus." In his All of Shakespeare, pp. 211-18. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

A brief summary of the plot, characters, themes, and critical history of Titus Andronicus.

Dessen, Alan C. Titus Andronicus. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989, 123 p.

Comparative study of several of the most successful productions of Titus Andronicus, emphasizing the range of interpretations to which the play lends itself.

Green, Douglas E. "Interpreting 'Her Martyr'd Signs': Gender and Tragedy in Titus Andronicus." Shakespeare Quarterly 40, No. 3 (Fall 1989): 317-26.

Examines the roles of Lavinia and Tamora, as female "Others," in relation to Titus's development as a tragic figure.

Haaker, Ann. "Non sine causa: The Use of Emblematic Method and Iconology in the Thematic Structure of Titus Andronicus." Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama XIII-XIV (1970-71): 143-68.

Suggests that Shakespeare enhanced the thematic content of Titus Andronicus by using scenes and settings derived from sixteenth-century emblems that had well established connotations.

Hunter, G. K. "Sources and Meanings in Titus Andronicus." In Mirror Up to Shakespeare: Essays in Honour of G. R. Hibbard, edited by J. C. Gray, pp. 171-88. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984.

Rejects suggestions that Shakespeare based Titus Andronicus on a contemporary ballad or prose history and argues that the play reflects political themes and historical events treated in the Roman histories of Livy and Herodian.

Kendall, Gillian Murray. "'Lend Me Thy Hand': Metaphor and Mayhem in Titus Andronicus." Shakespeare Quarterly 40, No. 3 (Fall 1989): 299-316. Reprinted in Shakespearean Criticism, Vol. 13. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1991, pp. 225-34.

Relates the violent events of Titus Andronicus to "a violence inherent in the nature of language." The play's figurative language, Kendall argues, displays a persistent tendency to become grotesquely literal, revealing the extent to which language conditions our perceptions and actions.

Liebler, Naomi Conn. "Getting It All Right: Titus Andronicus and Roman History." Shakespeare Quarterly 45, No. 3 (Fall 1994): 263-78.

In identifying the disintegration of cultural identity as a major theme in Titus Andronicus, Liebler suggests sources for the version of Roman history found in the play and discusses some of the issues raised by attempts to relate literary works to specific source materials.

Marshall, Cynthia. "'I Can Interpret All Her Martyr'd Signs': Titus Andronicus, Feminism, and the Limits of Interpretation." In Sexuality and Politics in Renaissance Drama, edited by Carole Levin and Karen Robertson, pp. 193-213. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.

Explores political and ethical implications of the act of interpreting Lavinia's role, with a view to achieving a feminist reading that would avoid the dangers of cooptation and aesthetic superiority.

Miola, Robert S. "Titus Andronicus: Rome and Family." In his Shakespeare's Rome, pp. 42-75. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Studies the significance of Rome, its history, and its literary traditions in Titus Andronicus and relates the play to Shakespeare's subsequent Roman tragedies.

—. "Senecan Revenge." In his Shakespeare and Classical Tragedy, pp. 11-67. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992.

Details Shakespeare's use of Senecan models in Titus Andronicus.

Rowe, Katherine A. "Dismembering and Forgetting in Titus Andronicus." Shakespeare Quarterly 45, No. 3 (Fall 1994): 279-303.

Examines the dismemberment of hands in Titus Andronicus in terms of sixteenth-century discursive and iconographic traditions in which the hand figures as a symbol of martial, marital, and genealogical bonds.

Waith, Eugene M. Introduction to Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare, edited by Eugene M. Waith, pp. 1-69. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984.

Discusses the play's critical and performance history and the debate over its authorship and sources.