Repetition and Revision in Shakespeare's Tragic Love Plays

Author / Editor
McInnis, David.

Title
Repetition and Revision in Shakespeare's Tragic Love Plays

Published
Parergon 25.2 (2008): 33-56.

Description
Suggests that Chaucer's TC influenced Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" before serving as the source of the playwright's "Troilus and Cressida." Shakespeare explores ways to respond to source material in the two works. His "Troilus," in particular, is an experimental work.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion