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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1984
1984.
Materias:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Knowledge > Literature.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Troilus and Criseyde > Sources.
Love in literature.
Cressida (Fictitious character)
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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