Shakespeare and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen.'
β Scribed by Henry E. Shepherd
- Book ID
- 123983864
- Publisher
- John Hopkins University Press
- Year
- 1889
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0149-6611
- DOI
- 10.2307/2919008
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Considered by Thomas de Quincey to be 'perhaps the most superb work in the language', *The Two Noble Kinsmen* is set in Athens and was co-written by Shakespeare with John Fletcher. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by N. W. Bawcutt with an introduction by Peter Swaab. 'Once, he kissed me.
Written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher, this play tells the familiar story of a love triangle. Here, though, it seems distant and strange. The play is based on βThe Knightβs Taleβ in Chaucerβs *Canterbury Tales*. Chaucerβs tale comes from an Italian poem by Boccaccio. Thus in *The Two Noble Kinsme