LibGuides: The World of William Shakespeare: Late Romances

Shakespeare's Late Romances

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Criticism on Shakespeare's Romance Plays in the HMCPL Catalog

Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Tempest by Hallett Smith, editor
Call Number: 822.3 SMI
Publication Date: 1969
From the book jacket: "Since its first publication in 1623, 'The Tempest' has received "an uninterrupted chorus of rhapsodic praise," says Hallett Smith in the introduction to this book. However, he adds, there is "The greatest diversity as to what the play means." Contributor E. E. Stoll, for example, "Cannot believe there is any allegory, or symbolism, or even 'veiled biography,'" while critic Bonamy Dobree finds the play "Shakespeare's deepest and perhaps final religious statement.""

AVL Articles on Shakespeare's Late Romances

Crumley J. Clinton. "Questioning History in Cymbeline." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 41.2 (2001): 297. Gale Literature; accessed 16 Sept 2021.

Hunt, Maurice. "Shakespeare's 'still-vexed' Tempest." Style Fall 2005: 299. Gale Literature; accessed 16 Sept 2021.

Lim, Walter S. H. "Knowledge and Belief in The Winter's Tale." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 41.2 (2001): 317. Gale Literature; accessed 16 Sept 2021.

Segall, Kreg. "Gower and the incestuous father: the intimate author in Pericles." Explorations in Renaissance Culture 34.2 (2008): 248+. Gale Literature; accessed 16 Sept 2021.