Tragedy and Romance in Chaucer's 'Litel Bok' of Troilus and Criseyde

Author / Editor
Klassen, Norm.

Title
Tragedy and Romance in Chaucer's 'Litel Bok' of Troilus and Criseyde

Published
Corinne Saunders, ed. A Concise Companion to Chaucer (Malden, Mass.; Oxford; and Victoria: Blackwell, 2006), pp. 156-76.

Description
Klassen deconstructs concepts of genre and romance and medieval definitions of tragedy as they pertain to TC. Analyzes Troilus's "double sorwe," references to romance within TC, and the significance of Chaucer's phrase "litel bok." The poem illuminates the limitations of any one perspective.

Alternative Title
A Concise Companion to Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.