Troilus's 'Gentil' Manhood
- Author / Editor
- Brewer, Derek.
Troilus's 'Gentil' Manhood
- Published
- Peter G. Beidler, ed. Masculinities in Chaucer: Approaches to Maleness in the 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Troilus and Criseyde' (Cambridge; and Rochester, N.Y.: D. S. Brewer, 1998), pp. 237-52.
- Description
- According to Chaucer's conception of "manhood," as distinct from the somewhat anachronistic term "masculinity," Troilus is to be seen as "manly" and virtuous in his behavior, as well as worthy of the reader's sympathy. He is an "idealized and idealistic" example of a young man in the kind of society in which he lives.
- Alternative Title
- Masculinities in Chaucer: Approaches to Maleness in the 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Troilus and Criseyde'.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.