Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' in Male Homosocial Contexts : The Politicization of Same-Sex Desire
- Author / Editor
- Zeikowitz, Richard Evan.
Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' in Male Homosocial Contexts : The Politicization of Same-Sex Desire
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 61: 1394A, 2000.
- Description
- Male-male intimacy evokes opposing reactions, positive or homophobic. Analyzes male-male bonds from biblical, classical, and medieval literature, including several English and French romances, together with chronicles attacking Edward II's and Richard II's choice of favorites. The friendship of Troilus and Pandarus is seen politically as reflecting Richard II and his advisors.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.