Passions, Signs, Thoughts and Facts: (Mis)Understanding the Mind in 'Troilus and Criseyde/Cressida'

Author / Editor
Garrido Anes, Edurne.

Title
Passions, Signs, Thoughts and Facts: (Mis)Understanding the Mind in 'Troilus and Criseyde/Cressida'

Published
Alicia Rodríquez Álvarez, and Francisco Alanso Almeida, eds. Voices on the Past: Studies in Old and Middle English Language and Literature ([Spain]: Netbiblo, 2004), pp. 185-91.

Description
Considers Troilus' lovesickness as a physical disorder and a cause of distorted perception in TC and Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida." His condition is due to the "often ambiguous correspondence" of "passions, signs, thoughts and facts."

Alternative Title
Voices on the Past: Studies in Old and Middle English Language and Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde