Shakespeare's Symmetries ─ The Mirrored Structure of Action in the Plays

In this book, author James E. Ryan presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the thematic structure of twenty-six of William Shakespeare's plays. The author covers the chiastic design and Shakespeare's scene division, before analyzing twenty-six of the author's plays including Julius Caesar, King John, Henry IV, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Henry V, and many others. The author is a former faculty member of both the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and Dominican College in New York. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

James Ryan has taught at the University of Cincinnati and Dominican College (Orangeburg, New York), and has been awarded the New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellowship in poetry. His essays on Shakespeare have appeared in The Shakespeare Newsletter and Shakespeare Studies, the English-language journal of the Japan Shakespeare Society.