The 'Faire Queene Eleyne' in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
Baswell, Christopher C.,and Paul Beekman Taylor.

Title
The 'Faire Queene Eleyne' in Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
Speculum 63 (1988): 293-311.

Description
Borrowing from classical, mythographical, and iconographic sources, Chaucer uses Helen of Troy in TC both as a character and as a model to parallel and emphasize Criseyde's calm detachment and ultimate infidelity, leading to betrayal of Troilus and disaster for Troy.

Contributor
Taylor, Paul Beekman.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.