Sartorial Signs in Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Hodges, Laura F.
Sartorial Signs in Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Chaucer Review 35: 223-58, 2001.
- Description
- Chaucer employs "costume signs" in TC, affecting plot and characterization. Signature costumes assigned to each character shed light on significant parts of the plot, as do the reversal and degeneration of costume patterns. Characterization through costume is one of Chaucer's artistic methods.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.