Troilus's Gaze and the Collapse of Masculinity in Romance

Author / Editor
Martin, Molly A.

Title
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