Chaucer and the Poets : an Essay on Troilus and Criseyde /

Chaucer and the Poets : an Essay on Troilus and Criseyde /

In this sensitive reading of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Winthrop Wetherbee redefines the nature of Chaucer's poetic vision. Using as a starting point Chaucer's profound admiration for the achievement of Dante and the classical poets, Wetherbee sees the Troilus as much more than a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1984.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Knowledge > Literature.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Troilus and Criseyde > Sources.
Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Love in literature.
Cressida (Fictitious character)
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.
Sources.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Note on Texts
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Narrátor, Troilus, and the Poetic Agenda
  • 2. Love Psychology: The Troilus and the Roman de la Rose
  • 3. History versus the Individual: Vergil and Ovid in the Troilus
  • 4. Thebes and Troy: Statius and Dante's Statius
  • 5. Dante and the Troilus
  • 6. Character and Action: Criseyde and the Narrator
  • 7. Troilus Alone
  • 8. The Ending of the Troilus
  • Index

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