Troilus: A Medieval Psychoanalysis

Author / Editor
Masi, Michael.

Title
Troilus: A Medieval Psychoanalysis

Published
Annuale Mediaevale 11 (1970): 81-88.

Description
Examines Troilus's love malady in TC in terms of medieval psychology, arguing that his fixation with Criseyde produces melancholy, a "lack of contact between mind and reality," and a loss of the desire to live. Focuses on Troilus's dream of Criseyde and the boar.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.