A Contextual Meaning of 'Penaunce' in 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Author / Editor
- Kanno, Masahiko.
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.