Troilus and Dante: The Infernal Centre
- Author / Editor
- Storm, Melvin.
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.