The Beginning (and Ending) of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Author / Editor
- Rogers, H. L.
The Beginning (and Ending) of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Published
- A. Stephens, and others, eds. Festschrift for Ralph Farrell (Bern: Lang, 1977), pp. 185-200.
- Description
- TC opens in "high style" comparable with Virgil's "Aeneid" or Milton's "Paradise Lost." This style creates an epic frame for the poem which is sustained by the correlation of Troilus the lover with Troilus the warrior. Donaldson is wrong in thinking that in the end Chaucer apologizes for not achieving high style. The dedication to Ovid, Homer, etc. indicates that he feels he has fulfilled his purpose.
- Contributor
- Stephens, A., ed.
- Alternative Title
- Festschrift for Ralph Farrell.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.