Henryson's 'Tragedie' of Cresseid
- Author / Editor
- McKenna, Steven R.
Henryson's 'Tragedie' of Cresseid
- Published
- Scottish Literary Journal 18:1 (1991): 26-36.
- Description
- Explores Henryson's theory of tragedy and what is "tragic" about Cresseid, arguing for an inversion of the traditionally perceived structure of tragic action. Since Henryson anchors his poem in his audience's knowledge of TC,Cresseid's catastrophe (her rejection of Troilus) occurs before his poem begins. McKenna regards Cresseid's tragedy as private, with no sense of an ultimate justice at work, and notes similar ideas in MkT and GP.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.