From 'History' to 'Tragedy': The Story of Troilus and Criseyde in Lydgate's Troy Book and Henryson's Testament of Cresseid
- Author / Editor
- Torti, Anna.
From 'History' to 'Tragedy': The Story of Troilus and Criseyde in Lydgate's Troy Book and Henryson's Testament of Cresseid
- Published
- Piero Boitani, ed. The European Tragedy of Troilus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989), pp. 171-97.
- Description
- Lydgate, true to his sources--Guido and Chaucer--sets Criseyde's infidelity and Troilus's death in the framework of the Trojan War. Henryson, however, focuses on the "fatal destiny," guilt, and ultimate self-awareness of Cresseid, going beyond Chaucer and other sources to "invent a new story on a traditional theme."
- Alternative Title
- The European Tragedy of Troilus.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.