Shakespearean Criticism

by Lee, Michelle

• ISBN13: 9780787647001
• ISBN10: 0787647004
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

This series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Starting with Vol. 57, the series provides general criticism published since 1990 and historical criticism not featured in previous volumes on four to five plays or works per volume. Select volumes contain topic entries comprised of essays that analyze various topics or themes found in Shakespeare's works.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
List of Plays and Poems Covered in SC	xi
Literary Criticism Series Advisory Board	xv
Richard III	1	(120)
Introduction	1	(1)
Overviews and General Studies	2	(12)
Dreams, Prophesies, and Curses	14	(17)
Female Characters	31	(29)
Religious Elements	60	(18)
Richard	78	(41)
Further Reading	119	(2)
Sonnets	121	(86)
Introduction	121	(1)
Overviews and General Studies	121	(32)
Language and Imagery	153	(17)
Sonnets to the Fair Young Man	170	(36)
Further Reading	206	(1)
Titus Andronicus	207	(89)
Introduction	207	(1)
Overviews and General Studies	208	(17)
Character Studies	225	(29)
Sacrifice and Violence	254	(23)
Sources	277	(17)
Further Reading	294	(2)
Twelfth Night	296	(65)
Introduction	296	(1)
Overviews and General Studies	297	(11)
The Ending	308	(11)
Gender Issues	319	(20)
Plot and Subplot	339	(20)
Further Reading	359	(2)
Cumulative Character Index	361	(12)
Cumulative Topic Index	373	(22)
Cumulative Topic Index, by Play	395