Bayley, John. "Uses in Shakespeare." In his The Uses of Division: Unity and Disharmony in Literature, pp. 185-210. New York: Viking Press, 1976.

Explores Shakespeare's use of satirical and rhetorical language in Troilus and Cressida.

Bednarz, James P. "Shakespeare's Purge of Jonson: The Literary Context of Troilus and Cressida." In Shakespeare Studies: Vol. XXI, edited by Leeds Barrali, pp. 175-212. London: Associated University Presses, 1993.

Examines the relationship between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson and its effect on Troilus and Cressida, stating that "Shakespeare embeds his literary criticism of Jonson's poetics in Troilus and Cressida within a dramatic structure in which it constitutes a secondary semiotic system of contextual reference."

Brower, Reuben A. "The Pensive Man: Troilus and Cressida." In his Hero & Saint: Shakespeare and the Graeco-Roman Heroic Tradition, pp. 239-76. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971.

Examines Shakespeare's use of metaphor and vocabulary in Troilus and Cressida, particularly "language that projects character while unfolding the poetic and dramatic design of the play as a whole."

Charnes, Linda. "'So Unsecret to Ourselves': Notorious Identity and the Material Subject in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida." Shakespeare Quarterly 40, No. 4 (Winter 1989): 413-40.

Asserts that Troilus and Cressida is the most "neurotic" of Shakespeare's plays, stating that "it is precisely its deformity that gives the play its power."

Fly, Richard. "Monumental Mockery: Troilus and Cressida and the Perversities of Medium." In his Shakespeare's Mediated World, pp. 27-51. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976.

Addresses the aesthetic dilemma confronted by Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida, stating that "perhaps no other play raises the issue of the artist's struggle to master his materials quite so intensely as Troilus does."

Girard, Rene. "The Politics of Desire in Troilus and Cressida." In Shakespeare and the Question of Theory, edited by Patricia Parker and Geoffrey Hartman, pp. 188-209. New York: Methuen, Inc., 1985.

Analyzes the increased and decreased desire of Cressida and Troilus after the consummation of their love.

Green, Lawrence D. "'We'll Dress Him Up in Voices': The Rhetoric of Disjunction in Troilus and Cressida." The Quarterly Journal of Speech 70, No. 1 (February 1984): 23-40.

Assesses the relationship between language and action in Troilus and Cressida, demonstrating "what happens when there is a disparity between the ways people talk about their world and the ways in which those same people act."

Honigmann, E.A.J. "Shakespeare Suppressed: The Unfortunate History of Troilus and Cressida." In his Myriad-Minded Shakespeare: Essays, Chiefly on the Tragedies and Problem Comedies, pp. 112-29. London: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1989.

Examines the questionable date and genre of Troilus and Cressida.

Horowitz, David. "The Bonds of Human Kindness." In his Shakespeare: An Existential View, pp. 101-31. New York: Hill and Wang, 1965.

Studies the connection between values and existence in Troilus and Cressida, as it "presents us with a world in which there is an unbridgeable gap between fact and value, between actual human behaviour and the principles that men take to be binding upon their actions."

Muir, Kenneth. "Troilus and Cressida." In his The Sources of Shakespeare's Plays, pp. 141-57. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978.

Assesses Shakespeare's use of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Caxton's Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, Lydgate's Troy Book, and Chapman's translation of the Iliad as sources for Troilus and Cressida.

Newlin, Jane T. "The Modernity of Troilus and Cressida: The Case for Theatrical Criticism." Harvard Library Bulletin 17, No. 2 (April 1969): 353-73.

Studies the effect of Troilus and Cressida in the theatre.

Okerlund, Arlene N. "In Defense of Cressida: Character as Metaphor." Women's Studies 7, No. 3 (1980): 1-17.

Maintains that Cressida's actions are a result of her society, noting that "the society in which Cressida lives is immoral and corrupt, and as the action develops, Cressida becomes caught up by the evil that surrounds her."

Rabkin, Norman. "Self Against Self." In his Shakespeare and the Common Understanding, pp. 30-79. New York: The Free Press, 1967.

Studies the role of reason in Troilus and Cressida and Othello.

Stein, Arnold. "Troilus and Cressida: The Disjunctive Imagination." ELH 36 (1969): 145-67.

Observes that Troilus and Cressida exhibits, "both by individual example and by general method, some distinctive uses of dramatic imagination."

Traversi, D.A. "The Problem Plays." In his An Approach to Shakespeare, pp. 323-98. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1956.

Notes the effect of time and war on the relationship of Troilus and Cressida.