The Commerce of Desire: Freudian Narcissism in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' and Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'

Author / Editor
Wilson, Douglas B.

Title
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.