". . . Criseyda, / In widewes habit blak" (I.169–70): Fourteenth-Century English Widows and the Victimization of Criseyde.
- Author / Editor
- Hamaguchi, Keiko.
". . . Criseyda, / In widewes habit blak" (I.169–70): Fourteenth-Century English Widows and the Victimization of Criseyde.
- Published
- Studies in Medieval Language and Literature 37 (2022): 27-45.
- Description
- Investigates TC's portrayal of Criseyde as a representation of English widows facing threats and deceit. Utilizing legal records of the time, considers how Poliphete's false suit mirrors real cases of widows unjustly targeted for their property and manipulated by men. In Japanese, with English abstract
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde