Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
- Author / Editor
- Kaylor, [Noel] Harold, [Jr.]
Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
- Published
- Marcin Krygier and Liliana Sikorska, eds. To Make His Englissh Sweete upon His Tonge (New York: Peter Lang, 2007), pp. 11-19.
- Description
- Following a four-part epistemological scheme posed in Boethius's Consolatio, Chaucer develops Troilus's love in TC from senses through images and reason to intelligence. As a figure of emotion, subject to tragedy, Troilus serves as a contrast to Criseyde, who is impervious to tragedy because she is led by reason--a Boethian opposition.
- Alternative Title
- To Make His Englissh Sweete upon His Tonge.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde