Uncle Pandarus as Lady Philosophy.

Published: Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46 (1961): 571-95.

Description: Describes how "the part Pandarus attempts to play" in TC "is intended by Chaucer, though not by Pandarus, as a parody of the philosophical counsel offered to Boethius" in the Consolation of Philosophy. Focuses on the comedy of the "first scene" between Troilus and Pandarus (TC 1.547ff.), arguing that the irony and humor of its parodic elements "prepares the way for the eventual bitterness of Troilus when he must taste the full cup of his woe."

Chaucer Subjects: Troilus and Criseyde
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