What is it that makes Shakespeare's problem plays problematic? Many
critics have sought for the underlying vision or message of these
puzzling and disturbing dramas. Originally published in 1987, the
key to Viv Thomas's new synthesis of the plays is the idea of
fracture and dissolution in the universe. From the collapse of
'degree' in Troilus and Cressida to the corruption at the heart of
innocence in Measure for Measure, to the puzzling status of virtue
and valour in All's Well, the most obvious feature of these plays
in their capacity to prompt new questions. In a detailed discussion
of each play in turn, the author traces the dominant themes that
both distinguish and unite them, and provides numerous insights
into the sources, background, texture and morality of the plays.
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