'Troilus and Criseyde' and Chaucer's Dedication to Gower

Author / Editor
Whitman, Frank H.

Title
'Troilus and Criseyde' and Chaucer's Dedication to Gower

Published
Tennessee Studies in Literature 18 (1973): 1-11.

Description
Reads the depiction of Troilus in TC in light of Gower's castigation of knightly love in "Vox Clamantis," arguing that both poets critique immoral love, even though Chaucer's poses ironically a "sentimental" view of his protagonist.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde