The Three Worlds of Love in Troilus and Criseyde

Author / Editor
Lundberg, Patricia Lorimer.

Title
The Three Worlds of Love in Troilus and Criseyde

Published
Essays in Medieval Studies 3: 34-59, 1986.

Description
Argues that Chaucer depicts an idealized earthly love in books 1-3 of TC, an expedient pseudolove in Criseyde's relationship with Diomede, and a transcendent love in Troilus's continuing love for Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.