A Biblical Allusion in "Troilus and Criseyde."

Author / Editor
Evans, Lawrence Gove.

Title
A Biblical Allusion in "Troilus and Criseyde."

Published
Modern Language Notes 74 (1959): 584-87.

Description
Explicates the "striking instance of Chaucer's use of word-play and Scriptural allusion" in TC 4.1585 to "enrich his presentation of the lovers' predicament" and emphasize differences between earthly and divine happiness.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Style and Versification
Language and Word Studies