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Shakespeare's "sugred Sonnets",Troilus and Cressida and the Odcombian Banquet: an exploration of promising paratexts, expectations and matters of taste

Gregory, Johann 2010. Shakespeare's "sugred Sonnets",Troilus and Cressida and the Odcombian Banquet: an exploration of promising paratexts, expectations and matters of taste. Shakespeare 6 (2) , pp. 185-208. 10.1080/17450911003790240

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Abstract

This study centres on the promises that the first printed paratexts of Troilus and Cressida seem to be making before the action of the play begins. These promises are not identical to the promises made between people or characters, but, like these promises, they create expectations and make associations. This exploration, therefore, begins by taking “Sonnet 107” as an example of a text that makes promises, in order to set up the notion of promising texts. It then focuses on the Sonnets' dedication, before moving on to consider the title pages and the epistle to Troilus and Cressida. Finally, it attempts to make sense of the culinary terms in the paratexts to Troilus and Cressida by using the Folio prologue to the play and the Odcombian Banquet to show that readers' and playgoers' experiences were often imagined as a matter of taste that seem linked to a burgeoning consumer culture.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Uncontrolled Keywords: Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida , paratext, Sonnets , expectations, taste, consumer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1745-0918
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2020 04:29
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100117

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