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The complete online text of The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare.

"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...

"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...

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In the following essay, Bishop provides an overview of The Winter's Tale, focusing on the characterization, the sources of Leontes' paranoia, and the mythological and narrative patterns that structure the play.

In the following essay, Dolan examines early modern legal discourses and literary representations regarding infanticide, and asserts that despite its connection to other literary works in which child disposal by fathers is euphemized, The Winter's Tale is seldom acknowledged as such a story due to "the process of canon-formation. "

Lynn Enterline, Yale University Between Leontes's opening imperative, "Tongue-tied our queen? Speak you" (1.2.28), and the final act, where Hermione as living statue returns to her husband yet says nothing directly to him, The Winter 's Tale traces a complex, fascinated, and uneasy relation to female speech.¹ A play much noted for interrogating the "myriad forms of human narration"²—old tales, reports, ballads, oracles—The Winter ...

Shakespeare "The Winters Tale" and its contemporary struggle between masculine and femine powers

An Essay on Shakespeare's presentation of the female characters in his play, The Winter's Tale, and an assessment of the significance of the play for a modern audience.

Explores the William Shakespeare play, The Winter's Tale. Considers how The Winter's Tale is not so much about the triumph of time than the triumph of women. Assesses how Shakespeare presents the female roles and discusses the play's significance for a modern audience.