Critical Insights: As You Like It
An insightful exploration of this beloved comedy, essays delve into themes, characters, language, discussions on the role of gender, the pastoral tradition, the nature of love and identity, and the play's engagement with the political and social issues of its time.
Essays explore the reception, critical evaluation, and adaptation of As You Like It throughout the centuries, providing valuable insights into how the play has been interpreted and reimagined and will challenge readers to think about the play in new and innovative ways.
End matter contains the following sections, Resources, a select bibliography of additional works that are pertinent to the theme is provided. Each essay in Critical Insights: As You Like It includes a list of Works Cited and detailed endnotes. Also included in this volume is a Bibliography, biographies of the Editor and Contributors, and an alphabetical Index.
The Critical Insights Series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world’s most studied literature. Edited and written by some of academia’s most distinguished literary scholars, Critical Insights: As You Like It provides authoritative, in-depth scholarship that students and researchers will rely on for years. This volume is destined to become a valuable purchase for all.