The Descriptio in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Gertz, SunHee Kim.
The Descriptio in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Papers on Language and Literature 35: 141-65, 1999.
- Description
- Examines how Chaucer manipulates the conventions of the "descriptio" in TC, arguing that he capitalizes on its metaliterary potential. Chaucer gives texture to the descriptio of Criseyde by spreading it throughout several portions of the narrative. He uses the device to record ambiguities rather than universal standards of beauty and makes the reader aware of the process whereby his descriptiones shape ambiguity.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.