Neither 'Clere Laude' nor 'Sklaundre': Chaucer's Translation of Criseyde, and Sensual and Holy Locks: A Study of Hair in Women's Hagiography

Author / Editor
Milliken, Roberta Lee.

Title
Neither 'Clere Laude' nor 'Sklaundre': Chaucer's Translation of Criseyde, and Sensual and Holy Locks: A Study of Hair in Women's Hagiography

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 56 (1996): 2672A.

Description
Comparison of Criseyde with Boccaccio's Criseida shows that Chaucer sets forth her characterization in Books 1-3: She is fearful, alone, aware of her position, and easily manipulated. These traits, which foreshadow her future, are less evident in Boccaccio's treatment.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.