Paradis Stood Formed in Hire Yen: Courtly Love and Chaucer's Re-Vision of Dante

Author / Editor
Kirk, Elizabeth D.

Title
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.