William Shakespeare's Twelfth night

About this book

"William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to controversial debates on key issues, such as gender identities, sexual desires and social aspirations." "Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Twelfth Night offers: extensive introductory commentaries on the critical and stage history of the play, from the early performances to the present; annotated extracts from contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself; cross-references between extracts and other sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism; and suggestions for further reading."--book jacket.