William Shakespeare: a biography
The spirit and development of Shakespeare's comedies
Shakespeare's comedies are playful / John Jay Chapman
Shakespeare's comedies are progessively more masterful / G.B. Harrison
Shakespeare's comedies show women as equal partners with men / Germaine Greer
Strong women prevail in Shakespeare's comedies / Angela Pitt
Shakespeare's comedies combine conventions and personal style / George Gordon
Imagery establishes atmosphere and background in the comedies / Caroline F.E. Spurgeon
Shakespeare's early comedies
The Comedy of Errors is a farce / Francis Fergusson
Serious themes in The Comedy of Errors / R.A. Foakes
The Taming of the Shrew is a farce / Mark Van Doren
An understanding of Elizabethan medicine enlightens The Taming of the Shrew / John W. Draper
Shakespeare constructs two interacting worlds in A Midsummer Night's Dream / David Young
Four worlds emerge in A Midsummer Night's Dream / Madeleine Doran
A Midsummer Night's Dream as entertainment for a wedding / Paul N. Siegel
Shakespeare's popular romantic comedies
As You Like It as romance / Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar
As You Like It: a comedy of discovery / Helen Gardner
Creative devices make Twelfth Night a great comedy / Harold Jenkins
Morality lessons in Twelfth Night / John Hollander
Shakespeare's final plays
Shakespeare's mastery is evident in the last plays / Edward Dowden
Similarities between Measure for Measure and The Tempest / Harold S. Wilson
Three themes in The Tempest / Northrop Frye.
