The Oxford Shakespeare: Troilus and CressidaTroilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's most philosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and time has seemed peculiarly relevant since the First World War. Fine productions have demonstrated the play's theatrical power, and critics have explored and illuminated its ideas and its exceptionally complex language. Kenneth Muir, in his introduction, sets the play in its historical context, discusses its odd career in the theatre, examines Shakespeare's handling of his multiple sources, and assesses the contribution of interpretative criticism to a deeper understanding of this sombre examination of a fallen world. |
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... Beauty , between Time and Love . The early sonnets urge the poet's friend to marry so that he can hand down his beauty in his child ; later in the sequence Shakespeare hopes to defeat Time by immor- talizing his friend in his verse ...
... Beauty , between Time and Love . The early sonnets urge the poet's friend to marry so that he can hand down his beauty in his child ; later in the sequence Shakespeare hopes to defeat Time by immor- talizing his friend in his verse ...
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... beauty and love : Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth , And delves the parallels in beauty's brow , Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth , And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow . Shakespeare laments that beauty , no ...
... beauty and love : Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth , And delves the parallels in beauty's brow , Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth , And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow . Shakespeare laments that beauty , no ...
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... beauty , good shape , discourse , manhood , learning , gentleness , virtue , youth , liberality , and such like , the spice and salt that season a man ? CRESSIDA Ay , a minced man ; and then to be baked with no date in the pie , for ...
... beauty , good shape , discourse , manhood , learning , gentleness , virtue , youth , liberality , and such like , the spice and salt that season a man ? CRESSIDA Ay , a minced man ; and then to be baked with no date in the pie , for ...
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