'Troilus and Criseyde,' II. 582-587: A Note

Author / Editor
Ross, Thomas W.

Title
'Troilus and Criseyde,' II. 582-587: A Note

Published
Chaucer Review 5.2 (1970): 137-39.

Description
Identifies bawdy double meaning in Pandarus's use of "al hool" in TC 2.587, signaled by Criseyde's embarrassed laughter and not apparent in Boccaccio's original.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations