'Chaucer . . . the Story Gives': 'Troilus and Cressida' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'

Author / Editor
Briggs, Julia Ruth.

Title
'Chaucer . . . the Story Gives': 'Troilus and Cressida' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'

Published
Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray, eds. Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources or Settings (Jefferson, N. C.: McFarland, 2009), pp. 161-77.

Description
Briggs describes Shakespeare's "emendation and expansion" of his medieval sources in "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen," assessing the importance of KnT and TC in Shakespearian work. Also explores how the various medieval influences tend to be muted in modern performances.

Alternative Title
Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources or Settings.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Knight and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde