The Terms of Love: A Study of Troilus's Style
- Author / Editor
- Taylor, Davis.
The Terms of Love: A Study of Troilus's Style
- Published
- Speculum 51 (1976): 69-90. Reprinted in Stephen Barney, ed. Chaucer's Troilus: Essays In Criticism (Hamden, Conn.: Shoestring Press, 1980), pp. 231-56.
- Description
- Lyric conventions, syntax, and verb usage in Troilus's style show his role as traditional lyric hero. As a static but vigorous representative of conventional moral virtues, he characterizes values Chaucer tests, ironizes, and finally praises as those leading to perfect Christian love.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.