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(0)Robert Metcalf Smith
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Circular. Studies in the humanities volume no. 1
Circular volume no. 7
Lehigh University publications volume 1, no. 2
Circular volume no. 7
Lehigh University publications volume 1, no. 2
Publisher
Lehigh University
Pub. Date
1927
Language
English
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At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwhile, the Greeks endeavour to lessen the pride of Achilles. The tone alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom. Readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how they are meant to respond to the characters. Frederick S. Boas has labelled it one of Shakespeare's problem...