(Almost) Without a Song: Crisyde and Lyric in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
Fries, Maureen.

Title
(Almost) Without a Song: Crisyde and Lyric in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
Chaucer Yearbook 1 (1992): 47-63.

Description
The occasions, imagery, and verbal play of the lyrical interludes in TC clarify Criseyde's role as a Christian archetype, one who leads Troilus from self-absorption to transcendence but who nevertheless remains ambiguous in her own silence and her links with courtly stereotypes.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.