The Unveiling of Criseyde : 'What Thyng Is It That Wommen Moost Desiren?'
- Author / Editor
- Sola Buil, Ricardo J.
The Unveiling of Criseyde : 'What Thyng Is It That Wommen Moost Desiren?'
- Published
- Ana María Hornero and María Pilar Navarro, eds. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of S.E.L.I.M. (Zaragoza: Institucion Fernando el Catolico (CSIC), 2000), pp. 245-54.
- Description
- Chaucer uses dramatic conventions rather than literary ones. To save her life, Criseyde plays various roles: ideal lady, virtuous woman, and lusty lover. TC does not answer the life-question of WBT: "what thyng is it that wommen moost desiren?"
- Alternative Title
- Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of S.E.L.I.M.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.