Comedies

1. In Auden, W.H. The Dyer's Hand And Other Essays. New York, Random House, 1962. pp. 171-208, 218-237, 246-272, 500-527.
   Criticism -- Falstaff -- The Globe -- Henry IV -- Merchant of Venice -- Music in Shakespeare -- Othello

2. In Bennett, Josephine, ed. Studies in the English Renaissance Drama. New York, New York University Press, 1959. pp. 142-156.
   Criticism -- Trolius and Cressida

3. In Bloom, Allan. Love & Friendship New York : Simon & Schuster, c1993. pp. 327-374.
   Criticism -- Measure for Measure -- Trolius and Cressida

4. In Bradbrook, M. C. The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy. London, Chatto & Windus, 1955. pp. 74-93, 196-206.
   Criticism -- Comedies -- Romances

5. In Bradley, A.C. Oxford Lectures on Poetry . Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1961. pp. 245-393.
   Biography -- Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Falstaff -- Henry IV -- Henry V -- Merry Wives of Windsor -- Theater

6. In Cecil, David, Lord The fine art of reading. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1957]. pp. 37-108.
   Criticism -- Comedies

7. In Corrigan, Robert. Comedy: Meaning and Form. San Francisco, Chandler Pub. Co., 1965. pp. 363-377.
   Criticism -- Comedies

8. In Daiches, David. Literary Essays. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1956. pp. 1-25.
   Criticism -- Works -- Justice in Literature -- Cymbeline -- Hamlet -- Measure for Measure -- Othello -- Pericles -- The Tempest -- The Winter's Tale

9. In Diamond, Arlyn and Edwards, Lee R., eds. The Authority of Experience: Essays in Feminist Criticism. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. pp. 84-100.
   Criticism -- The Taming of the Shrew

10. In Ellis-Fermor, Una. Frontiers of Drama. London, Methuen, 1964. 56-76.
    Criticism -- Troilus and Cressida

11. In George, Kathleen. Rhythm in Drama. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1980. See index.
    Criticism -- Measure for Measure

12. Grivelet, Michel. "Shakespeare, Moliere, and the Comedy of Ambiquity." In Shakespare Survey , Vol. 22, 1969. pp. 15-26.
    Criticism -- Amphitryon -- Shakespeare, William -- A Comedy of Errors

13. In Hawkins, Harriet. Likenesses of Truth in Elizabethan and Restoration Drama. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. pp. 27-78, 139-172.
    Criticism -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Measure for Measure -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Romeo and Juliet -- The Tempest

14. In Hecht, Anthony, 1923- Obbligati : essays in criticism. New York : Atheneum, 1986. pp. 51-84, 140-229.
    Criticism -- Othello -- Merchant of Venice

15. In Holmberg, Arthur. The Lively Art. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1999. pp. 220-224, 253-258.
    Criticism -- The Merchant of Venice -- The Taming of the Shrew

16. In Hosley, Richard, ed. Essays on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama. Columbia, Univ. of Missouri Pr., 1962. pp. 115-296.
    Criticism -- Plays -- Sonnets -- The Comedy of Errors -- Hamlet -- Henry the V -- Merchant of Venice -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Timon of Athens -- Troilus and CressidaThe Winter's Tale

17. In Hoy, Cyrus. The Hyacinth Room: an Investigation Into the Nature of Comedy, Tragedy, & Tracicomedy. New York, Knopf, 1964. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Hamlet -- Love's Labour's Lost -- Measure for Measure -- The Tempest

18. In Jones, Richard Foster. Seventeenth Century. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1951. pp 339-354
    Criticism -- Comedies -- Measure for Measure -- Troilus and Cressida

19. In Kirk, Rudolf, ed. Essays in Literary History . New Brunswick, N. J., Rutgers University Press, 1960. pp. 37-92.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Coriolanus -- Much Ado About Nothing

20. In Kermode, Frank. Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne . New York, Viking Press, 1971. See index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Cymbeline -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Merchant of Venice -- Midsummer Night's Dream -- Pericles -- "Phoenix and the Turtle" -- The Tempest -- Twelfth Night -- The Winter's Tale

21. In Knight, G. Wilson. The Wheel of Fire. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1949. pp. 17-256, 298-325.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Troilus and Cressida -- Measure for Measure -- Othello -- Julius Caeser -- Macbeth --King Lear -- Timon of Athens
22. In Landa, M.J. Jew in Drama. New York, KTAV Pub. House, 1969. pp. 70-85.
    Criticism -- Merchant of Venice

23. In Leavis, F.R. The Common Pursuit London, Chatto & Windus, 1952. pp. 160-181.
    Criticism -- Cymbeline -- Measure for Measure -- The Winter's Tale

24. In Lings,Martin Shakespeare in the Light of Sacred Art. New York: Humanities Press, 1966. pp. 21-114.
    Criticism -- Henry IV -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Measure for Measure -- Macbeth -- King Lear -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- The Winter's Tale -- Tempest

25. In Luke, Helen M. Laughter at the Heart of Things. New York : Parabola Books, 2001. pp. 41-58.
    Criticism -- The Merchant of Venice

26. In Murry, John Middleton Selected criticism, 1916-1957. London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 152-185.
    Criticism -- Works -- Bastard as Hero -- Merchant of Venice

27. In Nemerov, Howard Poetry and Fiction: Essays. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1963. pp. 25-33.
    Criticism -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

28. In Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae. London; New Haven : Yale University Press, c1990. pp. 212-227, plus see index .
    Criticism -- As You Like It

29. In Priestly, J.B. English Comic Characters. London: Bodley Head, 1963 [1925]. pp 38-90.
    Criticism -- Twelfth Night -- Henry IV (1 and 2)

30. In Quinones, Raymond. The Renaissance Discovery of Time. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1972. pp. 290-443.
    Criticism -- Works -- Time in Literature -- The Comedies -- The Histories -- The Tragedies -- Sonnets -- Hamlet -- Henry IV, Parts I & II -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Richard II -- The Tempest -- The Winter's Tale --

31. In Rosenberg, Edgar. From Shylock to Svengali. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1960. See index.
    Criticism -- Merchant of Venice

32. In Schofield, William Henry Chivalry in English literature: Chaucer, Malory, Spenser and Shakespeare. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1964 [c1940]. pp. 183-266.
    Biography -- Works -- Criticism -- As You Like It -- Chivalry in Literature -- Falstaff -- Hamlet -- Henry IV -- Love's Labor's Lost

33. In Segal, Erich. The Death of Comedy. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001. pp. 287-303, 306-328.
    Criticism -- Comedy of Errors -- Twelfth Night

34. In Shakespearean Essays. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1964. pp. 1-181.
    Criticism -- "Venus and Adonis" -- The Taming of the Shrew -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- As You Like It -- Measure for Measure -- Tempest -- Henry V -- Troilus and Cressida -- Titus Andronicus -- King Lear -- Hamlet-- Miranda -- Women in Shakespeare

35. Slights, Jessica. "Isabella's Order: Religious Acts and Personal Desires in Measure for Measure." In Studies in Philology, Vol. XCV, Number 3, Summer 1998, pp. 263-292.
    Criticism -- Religion in Drama -- Measure for Measure

36. In Snodgrass, W. D. In Radical Pursuit . New York, Harper & Row, 1974, c1975. pp. 203-240.
    Criticism -- A Midsummer Night's Dream

37. Sternfeld, Frederick. "Come Live with Me and be My Love." In Comparative Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 1970, pp. 173-187.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Marlowe, Christopher -- "Come Live with Me and be My Love" -- Merry Wives of Windsor

38. In Stoll, E. E. From Shakespeare to Joyce: Authors and Critics; Literature and Life. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1965. c1944. pp. 105-137, 205-306.
    Criticism -- Henry IV (I and II) -- All's Well That Ends Well -- King Lear -- Measure for Measure -- Macbeth -- Merchant of Venice -- Othello

39. In Symons, Arthur. Studies in the Elizabethan Drama. London, W. Heinemann. New York, AMS Press. 1972. pp. 1-160.
    Criticism -- Anthony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- Henry VIII -- Macbeth -- Measure for Measure -- Romeo and Juliet -- Titus Andronicus -- Troilus and Cressida -- Twelfth Night -- The Winter's Tale

40. In Van Kaam, Adrian. The Demon and the Dove: Personality Growth Through Literature . Pittsburgh, Duquesne University Press, 1967. pp. 139-168.
    Criticism -- Measure for Measure --

41. In Warner, Marina. Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 166-171.
    Criticism -- Macbeth -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Winter's Tale

42. In West, Rebecca. The Court and the Castle. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1957. pp. 1-84.
    Criticism -- Hamlet -- Henry IV -- Measure for Measure -- Richard II -- The Tempest --

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