The Probable Date and Purpose of Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
Robertson, D. W. (Jr.)

Title
The Probable Date and Purpose of Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
Medievalia et Humanistica 13 (1985): 143-71.

Description
Treats the "relevant historical events, some basic attitudes (of the era), literary stragtagems," and TC itself, which is a "vivid example of the degrading and disastrous consequences" when a noble, valorous man places his seduced private will above honor of God and common profit.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.