Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde,' IV.29-147
- Author / Editor
- Skubikowski, Kathleen.
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.