{"product_id":"greeks-and-trojans-on-the-early-modern-english-stage-9781501518584","title":"Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"MIP Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/staticfiles\/images\/books\/MIP_Logo.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"128\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy was in a sense the story of England, since the Trojan prince Aeneas was supposedly the ancestor of the Tudors. This book explores the wide range of allusions to Greece and Troy in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, looking not only at plays actually set in Greece or Troy but also those which draw on characters and motifs from Greek mythology and the Trojan War. Texts covered include Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Winter’s Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePericles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e as well as plays by other authors of the period including Marlowe, Chettle, Ford and Beaumont and Fletcher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48210609897723,"sku":"9781501518584","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4b14c044-5593-4739-a242-f067d94a2bc8.jpg?v=1778452620","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/greeks-and-trojans-on-the-early-modern-english-stage-9781501518584","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}