From Medieval to Renaissance: Two Criseyde Texts

Author / Editor
Sanyal, Jharna.

Title
From Medieval to Renaissance: Two Criseyde Texts

Published
Supriya Chaudhuri and Sukanta Chaudhuri, eds. Writing Over: Medieval to Renaissance (Calcutta: Allied, in collaboration with the Department of English, Jadavpur University, 1996), pp. 11-22.

Description
Compares Criseyde of TC with her analogues in Henryson's "Testament," Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida," and Dryden's "Truth Found Too Late," arguing that in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's versions she is a victim of predatory males and is left open to interpretation.

Alternative Title
Writing Over: Medieval to Renaissance.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Troilus and Criseyde.