Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition

by William Shakespeare, David Bevington (Editor), Richard Proudfoot (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor)

Overview

A revised edition of this intriguing and complex play, updated to cover recent critical thinking and stage history. Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy often labelled a "problem" play because of its apparent blend of genres and its difficult themes. Set in the Trojan Wars it tells a story of doomed love and honour, offering a debased view of human nature in war-time and a stage peopled by generally unsympathetic characters. The revised edition makes an ideal text for study at undergraduate level and above.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472584731
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/22/2015
Series:	The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

David Bevington is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Chicago.

Professor Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King's in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot's Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.

ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.

David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.

Henry Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface
Preface
Introduction
Introduction to the Revised Edition
Troilus and Cressida
Appendices
Bibliography and References
Index