The Triple Sorrow of Chaucer's Troilus

Author / Editor
Pearson, Lori Ann.

Title
The Triple Sorrow of Chaucer's Troilus

Published
Geardagum 20: 89-100, 1999.

Description
Troilus's "double sorrow" is actually a triple sorrow caused by Criseyde's betrayal; the inability of Pandarus, his intercessor, to bring Criseyde back; and the failure of the goddess Venus to reunite him with Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.