Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1905
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Given the wealth of formal debate contained in this tragedy, Troilus and Cressida was probably written in 1602 for a performance at one of the Inns of the Court. Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer andShakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene. In the introduction the various problems connected with the play, its performance, and publication, are considered succinctly; its multiple sources are discussed in detail, together with its peculiar stage history and its renewed popularity in recentyears.

The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays

The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays
Author: Kenneth Muir
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317833414

First published in 1977. This book ascertains what sources Shakespeare used for the plots of his plays and discusses the use he made of them; and secondly illustrates how his general reading is woven into the texture of his work. Few Elizabethan dramatists took such pains as Shakespeare in the collection of source-material. Frequently the sources were apparently incompatible, but Shakespeare's ability to combine a chronicle play, one or two prose chronicles, two poems and a pastoral romance without any sense of incongruity, was masterly. The plays are examined in approximately chronological order and Shakespeare's developing skill becomes evident.

The Oxford Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida

The Oxford Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1982-09-30
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Cressida, a Trojan woman, pledges her love to Troilus, one of King Priam's sons. However, when her father demands her presence in the Greek camp, she quickly switches her affections to Diomedes, the Greek soldier who is sent to escort her.

Will & Love

Will & Love
Author: Darren Dyck
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2023-03-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1666798959

Will & Love examines four of Shakespeare's love plays (Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, and Antony and Cleopatra) in light of the Augustinian psychology at the heart of the theological romance tradition. This tradition, which Shakespeare inherits from medieval theologian-poets such as Boethius, Dante, Petrarch, and Chaucer, issues from the idea, initially expressed by Augustine in his Confessions, that love functions as volitional weight, as a kind of magnetism or almost-gravitational force--that it moves the lover in mysterious ways yet without diminishing his or her agency. Will & Love highlights Shakespeare's conception of love in terms of motion and explores the metaphysical, ethical, psychological, and dramatic implications of his doing so.

Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781073724703

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Shakespeare's Styles

Shakespeare's Styles
Author: Philip Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2004-12-16
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521616942

Shakespeare scholars give an account of particularly important or interesting features of Shakespeare's use of language.

Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida

Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
Author: Roger Apfelbaum
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2004
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780874138139

Theater history and bibliography exist on the fringes of dramatic criticism, rarely influencing studies outside their fields, and even less often combined with each other. There is, however, much to be gained from a dialogue between theatrical choices and textual problems. There are nearly five hundred substantive differences between the 1609 Quarto and 1623 Folio versions of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and many more instances where editors rewrote the dialogue and stage directions. This book studies a selection of variants and emendations in Troilus and Cressida with extensive reference to the theater history of the passages, showing how production decisions can provide a valuable commentary on editorial questions.

Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'

Aspects of Shakespeare's 'Problem Plays'
Author: Kenneth Muir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1982-02-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521239592

These articles, reprinted from various volumes of Shakespeare Survey, concern three plays which have gradually become appreciated by critics and in the theatre. Since the early years of this century they have been seen as an interrelated group, with a peculiarly twentieth-century appeal. Measure for Measure, concerned as it is with adolescents' first encounters with sex, love and death, has a special appeal for young people; Troilus and Cressida, set in the Trojan War, has been found deeply relevant to our own war-troubled times; and All's Well That Ends Well, sharing these preoccupations, is a necessary companion piece. John Barton, who has directed all three plays, is interviewed in one of the articles, which together illustrate the often heated controversy about the plays. Reviews and photographs of post-war productions at Stratford are also included. The book as a whole is designed as a stimulating introduction to these plays and to conflicting interpretations of them.