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Troilus and Cressida
William Shakespeare
出版
Simon & Schuster
, 2007-10-09
主題
Drama / General
Drama / Shakespeare
Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Fiction / General
ISBN
0743273311
9780743273312
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rKDZlAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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.
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Troilus and Cressida
from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:
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-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
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-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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-An annotated guide to further reading
Essay by Jonathan Gil Harris
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