The Winter's Tale

"Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale spans some sixteen years, several genres (tragedy, festive comedy, pastoral. . .), and (like Henry IV, Part One) a wide range of society.

The subjects covered in the following pages include:

• The Court: love and hate
• "Exit pursued by a bear"
• The country: pastoral?
• Autolycus: rogues and thieves
• Winter's tales

See also:

• A modern text of The Winter's Tale.
• An old-spelling text of Folio 1.
• A list of book facsimiles that contain The Winter's Tale.
• The essential facts about the play.*