A Guide to William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida

Download or read book A Guide to William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida written by Terry Hodgson and published by Humanities-Ebooks. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.