William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida

about

Treats Troilus and Cressida as a masterpiece in tune with 20th Century attitudes to love and war, and with literary and dramatic forms which developed through the last century.

Contents

The book covers Shakespeare's story and its sources; the Elizabethan background; the play's dramatic structure and its status as a problem play'; the characterization (including Achilles, Ajax, Hector, Pandarus, Ulysses, Thersites); its main themes; its language; its performance history and critical views.

author

Dr Hodgson is a Cambridge graduate and Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Literature and Drama of the University of Sussex. He has published books on modern drama, including one on Tom Stoppard, and an extensive dictionary of dramatic terms - The Batsford Dictionary of Drama.