Believing Cassandra: Intertextual Politics and the Interpretations of Dreams in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Ross, Valerie A.

Title
Believing Cassandra: Intertextual Politics and the Interpretations of Dreams in 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 31 (1997): 339-56.

Description
Both Criseyde's dream in Bk. 2 and Troilus's dream in Bk. 5 of TC are generally understood in terms that debase Criseyde. But Chaucer's intertextual construction of these dreams and his reconstruction of Cassandra and Criseyde from his sources indicate Chaucer's concern for a female audience.

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