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Shakespeare's bitter play [Troilus and Cressida] is therefore a dramatization of a part of a translation into English of the French translation of a Latin imitation of an old French expansion of a Latin epitome of a Greek romance. (p. 55)


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Author Bio


  • NameGilbert Highet
  • DescriptionBritish academic
  • BornJune 22, 1906
  • DiedJanuary 20, 1978
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Classical Philologist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Goodwin Award