The 'Joie and Tene' of Dreams in 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Author / Editor
- Frantzen, Allen J.
The 'Joie and Tene' of Dreams in 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Published
- Julian N. Wasserman and Robert J. Blanch, eds. Chaucer in the Eighties (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1986), pp. 105-19.
- Description
- Four dreams help structure TC: Criseyde's about Pandarus and about the eagle; Troilus's about his fall and about the boar. The dreams reveal character: Criseyde's dreams cause no narrative conflict; Troilus's become an essential part of his story.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer in the Eighties.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.