Chaucer and the Poets: An Essay on Troilus and Criseyde

Author/Contributor(s):	Wetherbee, Winthrop
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	11/01/2016
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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...