William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Paperback, New Ed)

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 aguide to the play, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Guides to Literature
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2008
Editors:	Sonia Massai
Dimensions:	217 x 139 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	198
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-30333-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-415-30333-8
Barcode:	9780415303330

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