The Trojan War : Literature and Legends from the Bronze Age to the Present
- Author / Editor
- Thompson, Diane P.
The Trojan War : Literature and Legends from the Bronze Age to the Present
- Published
- Jefferson, N. C. : McFarland, 2004.
- Physical Description
- vi, 241 pp.
- Description
- Fourteen chapters on the cultural legacy of the Trojan War, from archeology through literary versions to recent popular culture. Includes chapters on Latin and Roman classics (the works of Homer, Aeschylus, Euripides, and Virgil), the medieval romance tradition, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Racine, and more. Chapter 10, "Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: The Christian Synthesis" (pp. 154-64), includes a plot summary of TC, descriptions of the main characters, and commentary on courtly love, Boethian influence, and the legacy of the poem.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.