"Sum men Sayis . . .": Literary Gossip and Malicious Intent in Robert Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid."

Author / Editor
Flannery, Mary C.

Title
"Sum men Sayis . . .": Literary Gossip and Malicious Intent in Robert Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid."

Published
Forum for Modern Language Studies 50.2 (2014): 168-81.

Description
Explores Chaucer's idea of "gossip" in TC (and elsewhere), especially as it relates to literature and Criseyde's reputation, examining more extensively Henryson's emphasis on malice rather than idle speech and its relationship with "literary notoriety" in "Testament of Cresseid."

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