Cressida--A Love Betrayed.
- Author / Editor
- Shippey, Thomas A.
Cressida--A Love Betrayed.
- Published
- In Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature. Chantilly, VA: The Great Courses, 2014. Video recording. Disc 1 of 4, Lecture 6.
- Description
- Video recording of lecture (ca. 31 min.), with illustrations, accompanied by an edited text of the lecture in the Course Guidebook (pp. 37-42). Describes the plot of TC, emphasizing the ambiguities of Criseyde and contrasting her character with that of Shakespeare's Cressida and, in greater detail, Henryson's Cresseid. Assesses Criseyde's letter to Troilus as the "first 'Dear John' letter in English."
- Alternative Title
- Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion