Troilus and Cressida (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Author:	Shakespeare, William Mowat, Barbara A. (Edt) Werstine, Paul (Edt)
Binding:	Paperback
List Price:	$12.99
Our Price:	$2.80 CAD
Qty Avail:	14

Additional Info
Overview

ISBN:	9781982170127
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Language:	English
Page Count:	346
Publication Date:	1/5/2021
Size:	8.34" l x 5.51" w x 0.92"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Drama	Shakespeare

The authoritative edition of Troilus and Cressida from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

For Troilus and Cressida, set during the Trojan War, Shakespeare turned to the Greek poet Homer, whose epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey treat the war and its aftermath, and to Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, and the great romance of the war, Troilus and Criseyde.

This edition includes:
• 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
• Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
• An annotated guide to further reading
• Essay by Jonathan Gil Harris