In this Book
- Chaucer and the Poets: An Essay on Troilus and Criseyde
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Cornell University Press
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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.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- p. 3
- Dedication
- p. 5
- A Note on Texts
- pp. 13-16
- Preface
- pp. 9-12
- Introduction
- pp. 17-29
- A Note on Texts
- pp. 13-14
- Introduction
- pp. 17-29
- 5. Dante and the Troilus
- pp. 145-178
- 5. Dante and the Troilus
- pp. 145-178
- 7. Troilus Alone
- pp. 205-223
- 8. The Ending of the Troilus
- pp. 224-244
- 7. Troilus Alone
- pp. 205-223
- 8. The Ending of the Troilus
- pp. 224-244
- Index
- pp. 245-249
- Copyright
- p. 4
Additional Information
ISBN
9781501707094
Related ISBN(s)
9780801416842, 9781501707100, 9781501707230
MARC Record
OCLC
300745644
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2016-08-23
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND