Cresseid vs. Troylus in Henryson's Testament

Author / Editor
Wetherbee, Winthrop.

Title
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.