William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - 9780415303323

Taylor & Francis

William Shakespeare's Twelfth NightA Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook\nAuthor(s): Sonia Massai\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415303323, 978-0415303323\nSynopsis\nWilliam Shakespeare's Twelfth Night ([url] 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.\n\nTaking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's spirited play offers:\n\nextensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to the present\nannotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself\ncross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism\nsuggestions for further reading.\n\nPart of the Routledge Guides to Litera.