The Meaning of Troilus' Ascension to the Eighth Sphere
- Author / Editor
- Conlee, John W.
The Meaning of Troilus' Ascension to the Eighth Sphere
- Published
- Chaucer Review 7.1 (1972): 27-36.
- Description
- Argues that Troilus' ascent to the eighth sphere (TC 5.1807-27) combines Christian and pagan elements--the classical pagan notion of immortality among the stars transmitted to Chaucer via Alain de Lille, Dante, and Boccaccio, and the Christian numerological associations of the number eight with resurrection and redemption.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations