The Fall of Troy in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Author / Editor
- Andrew, Malcolm.
The Fall of Troy in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Published
- Piero Boitani, ed. The European Tragedy of Troilus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989), pp. 75-93.
- Description
- Although critics have generally dismissed "Sir Gawain's" Troy frame as insignificant, it may offer a retrospective, ironic context for predicting the fall of Arthurian civilization. Chaucer's TC also uses "retrospective irony" to create "a rich and complex sense of the difficulty of knowing...and of making judgements."
- Alternative Title
- The European Tragedy of Troilus.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.