1st Edition
Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida and the Inns of Court Revels
By W.R. Elton
Copyright 2000
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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’No one of Shakespeare’s plays is harder to characterize’, said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida. Over the centuries, generations of critics have faced the challenge of determining exactly what sort of play Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida is. Described by Victorian commentators as ’dark’, ’decadent’ and ’bitter’, the work has, until now, retained its designation as a ’problem play’. In this... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Part I Folly: Burlesque, mock-epic and folly; Misrule, mundus inversus and degree; Part II Academic: Academic; Rhetoric; Logic; Value; Part III Law-Revels: Revels; Law; Conclusion; Appendices: Troilus and law-revels' language; Troilus and legal terms; Troilus and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics; Index.
Biography
W.R. Elton
’an important contribution to the understanding of Troilus and Cressida.’ Professor Eugene M Waith, Yale University. ’He (Elton) analyzes situation, characters, dialogue, interchanges and debates ... to demonstrate how these were chosen because of their special appeal to the audience that had commissioned Shakespeare’s work. One cannot doubt his proof.’ G M Pinciss, Professor of English, Hunter College, CUNY.
