A Guide to William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida

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 characterisation (including Achilles, Ajax, Hector, Pandarus, Ulysses, Thersites); its main themes; its language; its performance history and critical views.