The Tragic Argument of Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Morgan, Gerald.
The Tragic Argument of Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen, 2005.
- Physical Description
- 2 vols. xx, 691 pp.
- Description
- Morgan contends that TC is coherent; it has no sudden reversals, palinodes, or "unresolved dialectics." He discourages attention to Andreas Capellanus's theory of courtly love and encourages viewing TC in light of Dante's "Commedia," demonstrating the latter's central importance in understanding key aspects of TC. Further, Morgan argues, the presence of Boccaccio's "Il Filostrato" is felt in every stanza, negating any need for critical concern with "medievalisation" in Chaucer's art. Above all, TC develops an argument that reflects medieval theological, philosophical, and ethical ideas.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations.