That Which Chargeth Not to Say: Animal Imagery in Troilus and Criseyde
- Author / Editor
- Van Dyke, Carolynn.
That Which Chargeth Not to Say: Animal Imagery in Troilus and Criseyde
- Published
- Carolynn Van Dyke, ed. Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 101-12.
- Description
- TC includes references to animals through frequent analogy and extended imagery, but these are often generically inappropriate. Dreams about animals are largely unexplored. Comparison of Troilus to the horse Bayard not only emphasizes the hero's animal nature but also raises the horse to the level of rational being, suggesting the commonality of beings on earth.
- Alternative Title
- Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Style and Versification