The Futility of Prophecy: Prophecy and Poetry in English Narratives of Troy.

Author / Editor
Easler, Jennifer Nicole.

Title
The Futility of Prophecy: Prophecy and Poetry in English Narratives of Troy.

Published
Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota, 2022. Open access at https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/227922 (accessed November 18, 2023).

Physical Description
vi, 233 pp.

Description
Examines the themes of prophecy and retold narrative in premodern works about Troy by Virgil, Dares and Dictys, Chaucer (TC), Lydgate, and Shakespeare, arguing that, in various ways, they "call into question the efficacy of poetry and of knowledge, but they do so in ways that ultimately reaffirm the power and limits of both knowledge and literature."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde