Troilus's Gaze and the Collapse of Masculinity in Romance
- Author / Editor
- Martin, Molly A.
Troilus's Gaze and the Collapse of Masculinity in Romance
- Published
- Tison Pugh and Marcia Smith Marzec,eds. Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2008), pp. 132-47.
- Description
- In medieval optical theory of intromission and in medieval romances, gazed-upon objects are understood to be more active than they are in modern theorizing of scopophilia. Tracing interdependencies of the romance genre and the masculine gaze in TC, Martin argues that romance vision in Chaucer's poem strains the genre and challenges gender distinctions.
- Alternative Title
- Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde