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Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton
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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's vision of the Trojan War.This story of doomed love explores the relationship between Troilus, a prince of Troy, and Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan traitor. An unconvential tragedy set against the complex backdrop of war, it is considered one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays.This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater A special introduction to the play by the editor, Daniel Seltzer Sources from which Shakespeare derived Troilus and Cressida Dramatic criticism from S. L. Bethell, D. A. Traversi, Reuben A. Brower, and others A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text And more. 352 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780451528476