Paradis Stood Formed in Hire Yen: Courtly Love and Chaucer's Re-Vision of Dante
- Author / Editor
- Kirk, Elizabeth D.
Paradis Stood Formed in Hire Yen: Courtly Love and Chaucer's Re-Vision of Dante
- Published
- Mary J. Carruthers and Elizabeth D. Kirk, eds. Acts of Interpretation (Norman, Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1982), pp. 257-77.
- Description
- The double ending of TC reconciles issues about love raised in the story. Chaucer has made Troilus a lover in the tradition of courtly love but has also used Dante's "Paradiso" for his version of heaven. The pagan setting illuminates Christian values.
- Alternative Title
- Acts of Interpretation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.