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 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. 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 Winthrop Wetherbee. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In English.