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Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida and the Inns of Court Revels

Autor W.R. Elton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 feb 2000
’No one of Shakespeare’s plays is harder to characterize’, said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida. Over the centuries, generations of critics have faced the challenge of determining exactly what sort of play Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida is. Described by Victorian commentators as ’dark’, ’decadent’ and ’bitter’, the work has, until now, retained its designation as a ’problem play’. In this ground-breaking study, leading Shakespeare scholar, W R Elton attempts to dismantle this presumption. His research places the play in the historical context of the Inns of Court law-revels tradition. By close analysis of the text, Elton demonstrates his belief that Troilus and Cressida was written specifically for an audience of law students and lawyers and that the play manifests many elements of a law-revel, including misrule, inversion, mock rhetoric and logic, and mock trials. In so doing, he provides explanations for many of the puzzling and mysterious elements that have previously baffled critics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781859282144
ISBN-10: 1859282148
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Contents: Introduction; Part I Folly: Burlesque, mock-epic and folly; Misrule, mundus inversus and degree; Part II Academic: Academic; Rhetoric; Logic; Value; Part III Law-Revels: Revels; Law; Conclusion; Appendices: Troilus and law-revels' language; Troilus and legal terms; Troilus and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics; Index.

Recenzii

’an important contribution to the understanding of Troilus and Cressida.’ Professor Eugene M Waith, Yale University. ’He (Elton) analyzes situation, characters, dialogue, interchanges and debates ... to demonstrate how these were chosen because of their special appeal to the audience that had commissioned Shakespeare’s work. One cannot doubt his proof.’ G M Pinciss, Professor of English, Hunter College, CUNY.

Descriere

’No one of Shakespeare’s plays is harder to characterize’, said Coleridge of Troilus and Cressida. Over the centuries, generations of critics have faced the challenge of determining exactly what sort of play Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida is.