The Center of 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Hanson, Thomas B.

Title
The Center of 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 9 (1975): 297-302.

Description
To emphasize the theme of Troilus' misconception of the nature of love and to make his poem reflect the stages of "gradus amoris," Chaucer placed the consummation scene at the numerical center of the "beta" version of TC.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.