In Defence of Criseyde

Author / Editor
Shigeo, Hisashi.

Title
In Defence of Criseyde

Published
Essays Commemorating the Retirement of Professor Sachiho Tanaka (Tokyo: Kirihara Shoten, 1988), pp. 15-24.

Description
Surveys theories of Criseyde's betrayal in TC; maintains that her depravity results in Pandarus's deliberate actions and Troilus's passion, along with her own weaknesses; and emphasizes Chaucer's characterization of Criseyde as a complex woman.
In Japanese.

Alternative Title
Essays Commemorating the Retirement of Professor Sachiho Tanaka.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.