William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

by Sonia Massai (Editor)

Overview

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to thought-provoking debates around such issues as gender identity and role-playing, manipulation and deception.

Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's spirited play offers:

• extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to the present
• annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself
• cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Twelfth Night and seeking not only a guide to the play, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415303330
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/17/2007
Series:	Routledge Guides to Literature
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sonia Massai is a Lecturer at King’s College London. She has published widely on Shakespeare and drama and has edited several original plays and a collection of essays on World Wide Shakespeares (Routledge, 2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Contexts 2. Interpretations 3. Key Passages 4. Further Reading Index