The Commerce of Desire: Freudian Narcissism in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' and Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'
- Author / Editor
- Wilson, Douglas B.
The Commerce of Desire: Freudian Narcissism in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' and Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'
- Published
- English Language Notes 21 (1983): 11-22.
- Description
- Whereas Shakespeare's Cressida is like Freud's narcissistic coquette, Chaucer's Criseyde avoids being objectified by Troilus.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.