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Twelfth Night - A Guide to the Play (Hardcover)
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Twelfth Night - A Guide to the Play (Hardcover)
Series: Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night is one of the most accessible and yet elusive of
Shakespeare's plays. It has enjoyed enormous popularity in
performance, but it continues to challenge students. This guide
provides a thorough introduction to the play. Included are chapters
on the play's background, contexts, themes, dramatic art, critical
reception, and performance history. The volume cites current
scholarship and closes with a bibliography. Twelfth Night is one of
the most accessible yet elusive of Shakespeare's plays. It has
enjoyed enormous popularity in performance, but it continues to
challenge students. It has experienced numerous revivals and has
provoked some of the most brilliant critical responses from
Shakespeare's critics. Written for students and general readers,
this guide is a comprehensive introduction to Shakespeare's play.
The volume begins with a look at the play's textual history. This
is followed by an exploration of its historical and cultural
contexts and its sources and analogues. The book next turns to
Shakespeare's dramatic art and then examines his themes of
identity, sexuality, and madness. The final chapters look at the
critical response to the play and give special attention to the
play's performance history. The guide closes with a bibliography.
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