The Space of Desire in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's Troy.

Author / Editor
Strohm, Paul.

Title
The Space of Desire in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's Troy.

Published
Andrew James Johnston, Russell West-Pavlov, and Elisabeth Kempf, eds. Love, History and Emotion in Chaucer and Shakespeare: "Troilus and Criseyde" and "Troilus and Cressida" (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016), pp. 46-60.

Description
Identifies parallel concerns with privacy and erotic tension in TC and Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida," both of which pose the closed space of the bedchamber against the pressures of crowdedness in Troy/London, gossip, and public observation. Suggests that the "invention and execution" of Shakespeare's depiction depend upon the "restricted environment" of Chaucer's poem.

Alternative Title
Love, History and Emotion in Chaucer and Shakespeare

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion