Chaucer's Criseyde in Neo-Latin Dress

Author / Editor
Ryan, Lawrence V.

Title
Chaucer's Criseyde in Neo-Latin Dress

Published
English Literary Renaissance 17 (1987): 288-302

Description
Francis Kynaston's translation of TC in Latin rhyme-royal stanzas was influenced by Henryson's and Shakespeare's depictions of Criseyde. Substantial omissions in Books 4 and 5 of the translation simplify the character and reduce readers' sympathy by emphasizing her coquetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
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