The Performative Criseyde: Self-Conscious Dramaturgy

Author / Editor
Jost, Jean E.

Title
The Performative Criseyde: Self-Conscious Dramaturgy

Published
Cindy L. Vitto and Marcia Smith Marzec, eds. New Perspectives on Criseyde (Fairview, N.C.: Pegasus Press, 2004), pp. 207-30

Description
Jost applies performance theory to key points in the narrative at which Criseyde seems to manipulate her words and her behavior self-consciously to achieve a desired effect.

Alternative Title
New Perspectives on Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.