Genealogy of the Isolated Knight: From Boccaccio's 'Filocolo' to Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Jo, Thae-Ho.

Title
Genealogy of the Isolated Knight: From Boccaccio's 'Filocolo' to Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Geibun-Kenkyu (Keio University) 107 (2014): 17-36.

Description
Argues that the idealized knightly figure of Troilus in TC is taken from the characterization of Florio in Boccaccio's "Filocolo."

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