Troilus's Mirror : Vision and Desire in Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Moore, Miriam.
Troilus's Mirror : Vision and Desire in Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Medieval Perspectives 14: 152-65, 1999.
- Description
- Compares Chaucer's and Boccaccio's treatments of Troilus's looking at Criseyde in the temple. Governed by the laws of medieval optics, Troilus's gaze imprints Criseyde's image in his heart. In the image of the mirror, Chaucer portrays Troilus's desire as rendering him simultaneously passive and active, both object and subject.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.