ABSTRACT

First published in 1965, The Golden Labyrinth provides a coherent and readable history of the essential nature of British drama in a single volume. The treatment is philosophical and imaginative, and full of enthusiasm and clarity which have made Professor Wilson Knight’s works, of Shakespearian and other interpretations, so famous. The chapters in this book have been organized according to literary periods and will appeal to both students of literature and casual readers.

part |39 pages

Part 1

chapter Chapter 1|17 pages

Greek

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

Medieval

part |160 pages

Part 2

chapter Chapter III|23 pages

Elizabethan

chapter Chapter IV|21 pages

Shakespeare

chapter Chapter V|37 pages

Jacobean

chapter Chapter VI|6 pages

Milton

chapter Chapter VII|41 pages

Restoration

chapter Chapter VIII|30 pages

Augustan

part |76 pages

Part 3

chapter Chapter IX|26 pages

Gothic

chapter Chapter X|11 pages

Byron

chapter Chapter XI|37 pages

Victorian

part |116 pages

Part 4

chapter Chapter XII|19 pages

Nordic

chapter Chapter XIII|10 pages

Transitional

chapter Chapter XIV|34 pages

Edwardian

chapter Chapter XV|13 pages

Shaw

chapter Chapter XVI|38 pages

Georgian