The Voyeur and the Private Life in Troilus and Criseyde

Author / Editor
Stanbury, Sarah.

Title
The Voyeur and the Private Life in Troilus and Criseyde

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 13 (1991): 141-58.

Description
Feminist film theory and psychoanalytic theory clarify how acts of looking and the arrangements of personal space establish power relations in TC. Explores how power is gained and lost in Troilus's initial gaze at Criseyde, her view of him from her chamber window, and Pandarus's involvement during and after the consummation scene.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.