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Troilus and Cressida: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Description for Troilus and Cressida: The Oxford Shakespeare
Paperback. Editor(s): Muir, Kenneth. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Troilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's most philosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and time has seemed peculiarly relevant since the First World War. Fine productions have demonstrated the play's theatrical power, and critics have explored and illuminated its ideas and its exceptionally complex language. Kenneth Muir, in his introduction, sets the play in its historical context, discusses its odd career in the theatre, examines Shakespeare's handling of his multiple sources, and assesses the contribution of interpretative criticism to a deeper understanding of this sombre examination of a fallen world. ABOUT THE SERIES: ... Read more
Troilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's most philosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and time has seemed peculiarly relevant since the First World War. Fine productions have demonstrated the play's theatrical power, and critics have explored and illuminated its ideas and its exceptionally complex language. Kenneth Muir, in his introduction, sets the play in its historical context, discusses its odd career in the theatre, examines Shakespeare's handling of his multiple sources, and assesses the contribution of interpretative criticism to a deeper understanding of this sombre examination of a fallen world. ABOUT THE SERIES: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199536535
SKU
V9780199536535
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About William Shakespeare
Kenneth Muir is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews for Troilus and Cressida: The Oxford Shakespeare
`authoritatively tackles one of the most textually troubling plays' Sunday Times 'Stanley Wells' OUP Complete Works of Shakespeare is now eight years old and has spawned a new Oxford Shakespeare which appears now in splendidly affordable volumes in that nonpareil of libraries of good reading The World's Classics.' The Oxford Times