Djordjevic, Igor, “, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet): From Shakespearean Tragedy to Postmodern Satyr Play,” in Comparative Drama, Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2003, pp. 89-115.

Djordjevic's analysis of Goodnight Desdemona concentrates on the genres of tragedy and comedy as they can be applied to the play and its influences.

Honan, Park, Shakespeare: A Life, Oxford University Press, 1998.

Honan provides a readable, well-researched, and informative account of Shakespeare's life and career, including a description of the cultural atmosphere in Elizabethan England.

Nurse, Donna Baily, “Send in the Clowns,” in Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 250, No. 47, November 24, 2003, pp. 37-38.

Nurse's brief interview and biography of MacDonald touches on some of the author's influences and passions.

Stevenson, Melanie A., “Othello, Darwin, and the Evolution of Race in Ann-Marie MacDonald's Work,” in Canadian Literature, No. 168, Spring 2001, pp. 34-54.

This essay discusses the issues of race and evolution in Goodnight Desdemona and MacDonald's other work...