Troilus and Dante: The Infernal Centre

Author / Editor
Storm, Melvin.

Title
Troilus and Dante: The Infernal Centre

Published
Yearbook of English Studies 22 (1992): 154-61.

Description
In TC 3, Chaucer evokes the geography and atmosphere of Dante's "Inferno," while in Pandarus's actions he evokes Virgil's role as guide through hell. These associations provide a context for "judging Troilus's position at the poem's centre" and "undercut the persona's point of view."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.