Masculinity and Its Hydraulic Semiotics in Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Paxson, James J.
Masculinity and Its Hydraulic Semiotics in Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Tison Pugh and Marcia Smith Marzec, eds. Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2008), pp. 73-81.
- Description
- Troilus's secret entry into Criseyde's bedroom in Pandarus's house alludes to King David's surprise of the Jebusites when conquering their city (2 Samuel 5); it attests to Troilus's masculine heroism and derives in part from Chaucer's experiences in draining marshes when he was Clerk of Works.
- Alternative Title
- Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Chaucer's Life
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations