Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde,' IV.29-147

Author / Editor
Skubikowski, Kathleen.

Title
Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde,' IV.29-147

Published
Explicator 40 (1982): 7-8.

Description
Calchas's speech at the beginning of book 4 extends and enlarges the perspective of the narrative grown increasingly narrow during the course of books 1-3. Whereas in TC 1-3 the lovers are portrayed as increasingly confined--both spatially and temporally--in book 4 Calchas reappears and reintroduces the historic context of the lovers' plight.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.