'Chaucer . . . the Story Gives': 'Troilus and Cressida' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'
- Author / Editor
- Briggs, Julia Ruth.
'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