Chaucerian Laughter in a "Litel" Tragedy: Humour in "Troilus and Criseyde."

Author / Editor
Yildiz, Nazan.

Title
Chaucerian Laughter in a "Litel" Tragedy: Humour in "Troilus and Criseyde."

Published
Seyda Sivrioglu, and others, eds. Bati Edebiyatinda Mizah / Humor in Western Literature / L'humour Dans la Literature Occidentale / Humor in Der Westlichen Literatur (Istanbul: Kriter, 2016), pp. 345-56.

Description
Argues that through "exaggeration of romance and courtly love elements" in TC and the "heavenly laughter" of Troilus at the poem's end, Chaucer "turns the tragic story of Troilus and Criseyde first into a comedy then into a divine comedy."

Contributor
Sivrioglu, Seyda, ed.

Alternative Title
Bati Edebiyatinda Mizah / Humor in Western Literature / L'humour Dans la Literature Occidentale / Humor in Der Westlichen

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde