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1 online resource |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1. The Narrátor, Troilus, and the Poetic Agenda -- 2. Love Psychology: The Troilus and the Roman de la Rose -- 3. History versus the Individual: Vergil and Ovid in the Troilus -- 4. Thebes and Troy: Statius and Dante's Statius -- 5. Dante and the Troilus -- 6. Character and Action: Criseyde and the Narrator -- 7. Troilus Alone -- 8. The Ending of the Troilus -- Index. |
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In this sensitive reading of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Winthrop Wetherbee redefines the nature of Chaucer's poetic vision. Using as a starting point Chaucer's profound admiration for the achievement of Dante and the classical poets, Wetherbee sees the Troilus as much more than a courtly treatment of an event in ancient history--it is, he asserts, a major statement about the poetic tradition from which it emerges. Wetherbee demonstrates the evolution of the poet-narrator of the Troilus, who begins as a poet of romance, bound by the characters' limited worldview, but who in the end becomes a poet capable of realizing the tragic and ultimately the spiritual implications of his story. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde -- Sources.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Literature. |
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Trojan War |
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Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer, Geoffrey) |
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Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.
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Troilus (Legendary character) in literature. |
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Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
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Trojan War. |
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Cressida (Fictitious character)
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Cressida (Fictitious character) |
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Love in literature.
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Love in literature. |
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Poetry in English Chaucer, Geoffrey Troilus and Criseyde - Critical studies |
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Literature.
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Sources.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- Chaucer and the poets. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1984 0801416841 9780801416842 (DLC) 84007080 (OCoLC)10696589 |
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1501707108 (electronic book) |
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9781501707100 (electronic book) |
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9781501707230 |
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150170723X |
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0801416841 |
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9780801416842 |
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