Twelfth night : language and writing / Frances E. Dolan.

FC; Half title; Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Introduction --
ways in; Periodization; Starting with when and where; Mapping the characters; Boy actors, cross-dressing and sexuality; Queen Elizabeth I; Malvolio and puritanism; Opening strategies; 1 Language in print: 'tis poetical; The first scene; Parts of speech; Verse and prose; The hunting conceit; Like a cloistress: Talking about Olivia; Carpe diem; Blazon; Writing matters; 2 Language, character and plot. Speakers and their speeches: Pronouns and conditionals in 2.4 and 5.1Language and plot; Writing matters; 3 Language through time; Bears, baiting and other animal imagery; Cut; Suit; Metal/meddle/mettle; Nature's bias; Writing matters; 4 From reading to writing; What can we make of what isn't said? What does silence tell us?; What are you? Proof and plot; What does it take to create an ending?; What does the plot do?; What makes for a good marriage in Illyria? Is marriage a happy ending?; 'A candle and pen, ink, and paper': Getting down to the business of writing; Bibliography.

"Frances E. Dolan examines the puzzling pronouns and puns, the love poetry, mischief, and disguises of Twelfth Night, exploring its themes of grief, obsessive love, social climbing and gender identity, and helping you towards your own close-readings"