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Troilus and Criseyde: Chaucer's Tragic Romance of the Trojan War
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781617206276
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Jan 25 2012
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Written in the late fourteenth century, Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest narrative poems of medieval English literature.
Set during the Trojan War, the poem recounts the tragic love story of Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Criseyde, a woman whose fate becomes entangled in the political and emotional turmoil of war. Their relationship develops through the efforts of the witty and resourceful Pandarus, who acts as intermediary and confidant, guiding the hesitant lovers toward one another.
Chaucer's narrative moves from courtly romance to profound tragedy as shifting fortunes and human weakness disrupt the fragile happiness the lovers achieve. The poem combines psychological insight with rich poetic language, exploring themes of love, loyalty, fate, and the passage of time.
Regarded as Chaucer's most ambitious poetic work after The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde demonstrates his mastery of narrative structure and characterisation. Its careful portrayal of human emotion and its blend of classical subject matter with medieval sensibility secured the poem a lasting place in the history of English literature.
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