Sartorial Signs in Troilus and Criseyde

Author / Editor
Hodges, Laura F.

Title
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.