"Troilus and Criseyde" and the "Parfit Blisse of Love."
- Author / Editor
- Fryer-Bovair, Simone.
"Troilus and Criseyde" and the "Parfit Blisse of Love."
- Published
- Critical Survey 30.2 (2018): 51-73.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer perceives a tension in Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy" regarding the role of romantic love in the relation of this world to the divine. Chaucer envisages a version of romantic love that is a bridge between this world and the divine.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
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