Cresseid vs. Troylus in Henryson's Testament
- Author / Editor
- Wetherbee, Winthrop.
Cresseid vs. Troylus in Henryson's Testament
- Published
- T. L. Burton and John F. Plummer, eds. "Seyd in Forme and Reverence": Essays on Chaucer and Chaucerians in Memory of Emerson Brown, Jr. (Provo, Utah: Chaucer Studio Press, 2005), pp. 133-41.
- Description
- In its bleak presentation of love, Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid" responds in a complex way to Chaucer's characterization of Criseyde in TC, making apparent the "spiritual and ethical limitations of the world view that frames the experience of Chaucer's lovers."
- Alternative Title
- Seyd in Forme and Reverence: Essays on Chaucer and Chaucerians in Memory of Emerson Brown, Jr.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.