'Beautiful as Troilus': Richard II, Chaucer's Troilus, and Figures of (Un)Masculinity
- Author / Editor
- Bowers, John M.
'Beautiful as Troilus': Richard II, Chaucer's Troilus, and Figures of (Un)Masculinity
- Published
- Tison Pugh and Marcia Smith Marzec, eds. Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2008), pp. 9-27.
- Description
- Chaucer's "portrayal of Troilus as a soliloquizing, swooning lover . . . reads like a fulsome apologia" for Richard II. TC reflects Richard's relationship with Robert De Vere and reveals his "sexless marriage" with Anne. SNT and LGW defend sexless marriage, whereas Absolon of MilT is Chaucer's exposé of "the comic pretenses of failed masculinity."
- Alternative Title
- Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Second Nun and Her Tale
- Legend of Good Women
- Miller and His Tale