'Troilus and Criseyde' and 'Romeo and Juliet'

Author / Editor
Thompson, Ann.

Title
'Troilus and Criseyde' and 'Romeo and Juliet'

Published
Yearbook of English Studies 6 (1976): 26-37.

Description
Aside from questions of direct borrowings, "Romeo and Juliet" has much in common with TC. Resemblances include handling of characters, attitudes toward love and death, the use of comedy within the tragedy, imagery, and the overall shape of the tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Troilus and Criseyde.