Henryson's 'Testament of Cresseid': Deconstructing the 'Auctoritas'

Author / Editor
Torti, Anna.

Title
Henryson's 'Testament of Cresseid': Deconstructing the 'Auctoritas'

Published
Textus 5 (1992): 3-12.

Description
Regards Henryson's changes to Chaucer's TC in "The Testament of Cresseid" as evidence of Henryson's assertion of "his own authority." In changing Chaucer's plot, he remakes his poetic antecedent and emulates Chaucer's own poetic practice.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Troilus and Criseyde