The Figure of Cressida in British and American literature: Transformation of a Literary Type

Author / Editor
Stiller, Nikki.

Title
The Figure of Cressida in British and American literature: Transformation of a Literary Type

Published
Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1990.

Physical Description
193 pp.

Description
Chapter 2, "Civilization and Its Ambivalence," explores how Chaucer's rendering of Cressida has set the stage for all subsequent British and American portrayals of her.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.