The Double Time Scheme in Book II of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."
- Author / Editor
- Longo, Joseph A.
The Double Time Scheme in Book II of Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde."
- Published
- Modern Language Quarterly 22 (1961): 37-40.
- Description
- Examines references to times and dates in Book II of TC, arguing that Chaucer creates a double sense of time in order to convey a "rapid sequence of events" among the three main characters while also conveying through a "longer time scheme" the "gradual growth of Criseyde's love."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
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