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Troilus and Cressida

Title
Troilus and Cressida / William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington.
Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Publication
London, UK : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Bevington, David M.
Description
xxiii, 515 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
Series Statement
  • The Arden Shakespeare. Third series
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1995.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Trojan War
  • Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William)
  • Troilus (Legendary character) > Drama
  • Cressida (Fictitious character) > Drama
  • Trojan War > Drama
  • Cressida (Fictitious character)
  • Troilus (Legendary character)
Genre/Form
Drama.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
'A new play, never stated with the stage': genres and the question of original performance -- 'An envious fever of pale and bloodless emulation': historical context in the last years of Elizabeth's reign -- 'Wars and lechery': demystification of the heros of Ancient Greece -- 'Tis but the chance of war': sceptical deflation of Trojan honour and chivalry -- 'The gods have heard me swear': tragic irony and the death of Hector -- 'As true as Toilus': male obsessions about honour and sexuality -- 'As false as Cressid': women as objects of desire -- 'Call them all panders': voyeurism and male bonding -- 'What's aught but as 'tis valued?': commercial and subjective valuation of identity and worth -- 'Divides more wider than the sky and earth': the fragmentation of the divided self -- 'Stuff to make paradoxes': performance history of Troilus and Cressida -- Performance and critical history since 1998 -- Critical studies since 1998 -- Troilus and Cressida.
Call Number
JFD 15-4003
ISBN
  • 9781472584748
  • 1472584740
OCLC
919000129
Author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Title
Troilus and Cressida / William Shakespeare ; edited by David Bevington.
Publisher
London, UK : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2015.
Edition
Revised edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Arden Shakespeare. Third series
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 2014 (Pearson). 1995.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bevington, David M., editor.
Research Call Number
JFD 15-4003
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