The European tragedy of Troilus / edited by Piero Boitani
1989, First Edition. Oxford [England] New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #441473
ISBN: 019812970X
Physical description; x, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Antiquity and Beyond: The Death of Troilus / Piero Boitani -- The Birth of Criseyde--An Exemplary Triangle: 'Classical' Troilus and the Question of Love at the Anglo-Norman Court / Roberto Antonelli -- A Lyrical Version: Boccaccio's Filostrato / Giulia Natali -- The Fall of Troy in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Troilus and Criseyde / Malcolm Andrew -- Comedy and Tragedy in Troilus and Criseyde / Derek Brewer -- Classical and Medieval Elements in Chaucer's Troilus / Barry Windeatt -- Chaucer's Troilus: Philosophy and Language / Karl Reichl -- True Troilus and False Cresseid: The Descent from Tragedy / C. David Benson -- From 'History' to 'Tragedy': The Story of Troilus and Criseyde in Lydgate's Troy Book and Henryson's Testament of Cresseid / Anna Torti -- Fragments and Scraps: Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida / Agostino Lombardo -- Shakespeare and Chaucer: 'What is Criseyde worth?' / Jill Mann -- 'To Make that Maxim Good': Dryden's Shakespeare / Sergio Rufini -- Eros and Thanatos: Cressida, Troilus, and the Modern Age / Piero Boitani. Subjects; Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Troilus and Criseyde. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Troilus and Cressida. Cressida (Fictitious character). European literature. European literature Roman influences. Literature. Tragic, The, in literature. Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.
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