Numerology and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Description: Outlines medieval number theory and its applications to literary composition and interpretation, describing the significances of seven and five. Then explores how and where numerological significance is evident in TC: in its five-part structure, twelve-stanza ending, dates and duration of its plot, metaphoric value of two (especially "eyen two"), the eighth sphere, and May 3.