The Fight of Feelings in the 'Book of the Duchess' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Vila de la Cruz, (Maria) Purificacion.

Title
The Fight of Feelings in the 'Book of the Duchess' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Purificacion Fernandez Nistal and Jose Ma Bravo Gazalo, eds. Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, 1995), pp. 385-91

Description
Explores different aspects of the love felt by Criseyde in light of the emotions expressed in BD. As a pragmatist, Criseyde thinks she will not suffer love's pains. Her feelings lack heroic grandeur.

Alternative Title
Proceedings of the VIth International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Book of the Duchess.