Forlorn Hope : Mutability Topoi in Some Medieval Narratives

Author / Editor
Kelly, Douglas.

Title
Forlorn Hope : Mutability Topoi in Some Medieval Narratives

Published
Kathryn Karczewska and Tom Conley, eds. The World and Its Rival: Essays on Literary Imagination in Honor of Per Nykrog. Faux titre, no. 172 (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, 1999), pp. 59-77.

Description
Examines adaptations of conventional depictions of change in literary characters--in works by Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, and Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Contrasts the change in Benoît's Briseida with that in Chaucer's Criseyde, focusing on how quickly Criseyde falls in love with Diomede in TC.

Contributor
Karczewska, Kathryn, ed.
Conley, Tom, ed.

Alternative Title
The World and Its Rival: Essays on Literary Imagination in Honor of Per Nykrog.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.