William Shakespeare's the Twelfth Night A Sourcebook

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1601) is one of his most enjoyable and captivating plays. A festive comedy of mistaken identities, it also raises serious questions about role-playing, gender identity, manipulation and deception. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's spirited play offers: *extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to the present *annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself *cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism *suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Twelfth Night and seeking not only a guide to the play, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.Massai, Sonia is the author of 'William Shakespeare's the Twelfth Night A Sourcebook', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415303330 and ISBN 0415303338.