A Contextual Meaning of 'Penaunce' in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Kanno, Masahiko.

Title
A Contextual Meaning of 'Penaunce' in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Masahiko Kanno and others, eds. Medieval Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tadahiro Ikegami. (Tokyo: Yushodo, 1997): pp. 241-54.

Description
Whereas Boccaccio uses the straightforward word "tradimento" of Criseyde, Chaucer uses the roundabout phrase "hire hertes variaunce." In TC, "in gret penaunce" means both that "Criseyde was in great misery" and "Criseyde was in hell for her sins."

Alternative Title
Medieval Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tadahiro Ikegami.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Language and Word Studies.