Love Imagery in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's 'Roman de Troie,' John Gower's 'Confessio Amantis,' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
O'Callaghan, Tamara Faith.

Title
Love Imagery in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's 'Roman de Troie,' John Gower's 'Confessio Amantis,' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 59: 2014A, 1998.

Description
These works use the language and motifs of love to distinguish gendered passion. In particular, the diction and imagery of love associated with Criseyde in TC show her, unlike the male characters, to be motivated more by fear and a sense of honor than by love.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Language and Word Studies.