Transgression, the End of Troilus, and the Ending of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Papka, Claudia Rattazi.

Title
Transgression, the End of Troilus, and the Ending of Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 32 (1998): 267-81

Description
Chaucer refuses to allow closure in TC, either for Troilus or for the poem itself. For Chaucer, transgression is inevitable, closure is impossible, and the poet seems to "celebrate" this fact.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.