Certaynly his noble sayenges can I not amende : Thomas Usk and Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Turner, Marion.
Certaynly his noble sayenges can I not amende : Thomas Usk and Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- ChauR 37 : 26-39, 2002.
- Description
- Usk borrowed from TC for his Testament of Love, often using quotations to describe his spiritual love for Margarite. Usk is a kind of Pandarus (deceiving, flattering, and self-serving), and his employment as a clerk sheds light on the reception and understanding of Chaucer's poem.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
- Troilus and Criseyde