Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-11-13

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0199555079

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Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight. This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian scholar includes an index of the names relating to the Trojan War and an Index of Proverbs.

Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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Given the wealth of formal debate contained in this tragedy, Troilus and Cressida was probably written in 1602 for a performance at one of the Inns of the Court. Shakespeare's treatment of the age-old tale of love and betrayal is based on many sources, from Homer and Ovid to Chaucer andShakespeare's near contemporary Robert Greene. In the introduction the various problems connected with the play, its performance, and publication, are considered succinctly; its multiple sources are discussed in detail, together with its peculiar stage history and its renewed popularity in recentyears.

Chaucer and the Poets
Chaucer and the Poets

Author: Winthrop Wetherbee

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1501707094

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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 courtly treatment of an event in ancient history—it is, he asserts, a major statement about the poetic tradition from which it emerges. Wetherbee demonstrates the evolution of the poet-narrator of the Troilus, who begins as a poet of romance, bound by the characters’ limited worldview, but who in the end becomes a poet capable of realizing the tragic and ultimately the spiritual implications of his story.

Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-08-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0141914513

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Set against the epic backdrop of the battle of Troy, Troilus and Criseyde is an evocative story of love and loss. When Troilus, the son of Priam, falls in love with the beautiful Criseyde, he is able to win her heart with the help of his cunning uncle Pandarus, and the lovers experience a brief period of bliss together. But the pair are soon forced apart by the inexorable tide of war and - despite their oath to remain faithful - Troilus is ultimately betrayed. Regarded by many as the greatest love poem of the Middle Ages, Troilus and Criseyde skilfully combines elements of comedy and tragedy to form an exquisite meditation on the fragility of romantic love, and the fallibility of humanity.

The Testament of Cresseid
The Testament of Cresseid

Author: Robert Henryson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-24

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1107636264

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Originally published in 1926, this volume contains the full text of The Testament of Cresseid by Scottish poet Robert Henryson.

'Troilus and Criseyde'
'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author: Jenni Nuttall

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-06-21

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0521191440

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A scene-by-scene reader's guide to Geoffrey Chaucer's Trojan War poem specifically designed for student readers.

The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer
The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer

Author: Piero Boitani

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-01-12

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1107494648

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The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer is an extensively revised version of the first edition, which has become a classic in the field. This new volume responds to the success of the first edition and to recent debates in Chaucer Studies. Important material has been updated, and new contributions have been commissioned to take into account recent trends in literary theory as well as in studies of Chaucer's works. New chapters cover the literary inheritance traceable in his works to French and Italian sources, his style, as well as new approaches to his work. Other topics covered include the social and literary scene in England in Chaucer's time, and comedy, pathos and romance in the Canterbury Tales. The volume now offers a useful chronology, and the bibliography has been entirely updated to provide an indispensable guide for today's student of Chaucer.