Public Bodies and Psychic Domains : Rape, Consent, and Female Subjectivity in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Author / Editor
Robertson, Elizabeth.

Title
Public Bodies and Psychic Domains : Rape, Consent, and Female Subjectivity in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Published
Elizabeth Robertson and Christine M. Rose, eds. Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001), pp. 281-310.

Description
Examines "the role rape plays in the formation of Criseyde's character," contrasting Criseyde with Helen of Troy and Lucretia. Criseyde is a "choosing subject," and the language of rape helps to define the ambiguities of choice she faces.

Contributor
Robertson, Elizabeth, ed.
Rose, Christine M., ed.

Alternative Title
Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.