Troilus and Cressida
2021
Book
"Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play. Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play. Scene-by-scene plot summaries. A key to the play's famous lines and phrases. An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language. An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play. Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. An annotated guide to further reading"--Back cover.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781982170127
Description: lxv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
- Editor's preface
- Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
- Reading Shakespeare's language: Troilus and Cressida
- Shakespeare's life
- Shakespeare's theater
- The publication of Shakespeare's plays
- An introduction to this text
- Troilus and Cressida - text of the play with commentary
- Longer notes
- Textual notes
- Appendix on the characters in the play
- Troilus and Cressida: a modern perspective by Jonathan Gil Harris
- Further reading
- Key to famous lines and phrases.
Control Number: 3105047
Publisher: New York, NY : Washington Square Press, 2021.