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Chaucer and the Poets : an Essay on Troilus and Criseyde /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weatherbee, Winthrop
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1984.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.