Readings on Twelfth night / Tanja Lee, book editor. - San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, - 221 pages ; 22 cm. - The Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature Literary companion series . - Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature. Greenhaven Press literary companion to world authors. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revising and recycling : composing Twelfth night / Rhetorical devices are used for characterization / Shakespeare's use of "humor" and satire / Skillfully constructed ending / Viola's search for gender identity / Orsino's narcissism / Olivia : the real heroine? / Malvolio's ill will as cause for revenge / Twelfth night displays multiple moral themes / Game of romantic love / Madness in paradise : restoring peace to Illyria / Theme of give and take / Variations on metamorphoses and doubling / Following a disjointed story line / Interpretative choices reflect how the play is perceived / by Molly Maureen Mahood -- by Karen Newman -- by Oscar James Campbell -- by Ejner J. Jensen -- by Marilyn French -- by Joseph Westlund -- Essential feste / by Alan S. Downer -- by John W. Draper -- by Linda Anderson -- by Barbara Hardy -- by Robin Headlam Wells -- by Barbara K. Lewalski -- by Richard Henze -- by William C. Carroll -- by Jean E. Howard -- by Anthony B. Dawson --

This book includes seventeen critical essays on the play "Twelfth Night" and a biography of William Shakespeare.

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