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- catalog abstract "The three Oxford Guides to Chaucer are written by scholars of international repute, with the purpose of summarizing what is known about his works and offering interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. Barry Windeatt's volume on Troilus and Criseyde examines the poem that is Chaucer's most ambitious single achievement, his masterpiece, and one of the very finest narrative poems in the English language. The story of love fulfilled and trust betrayed - of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love, and how she abandons him for Diomede after her departure from Troy - is presented by Chaucer with profound insight into human character and explored through its philosophical and spiritual dimensions. This Oxford Guide is the most comprehensive introduction to Troilus and Criseyde yet produced. It includes the fullest and most convenient account of Chaucer's imaginative use of his sources, the first extended analysis of the poem's originality of genre, and a readable commentary on all aspects of the work, its structure, themes, characterization, and style. It also contains a survey of literary responses to Troilus in the three centuries following Chaucer's death. The Guide combines the informative substance of a reference book with the coherence of a critical reading, and is set to establish itself as a standard work on Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog contributor b3676733.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. Bibliographical Note -- Date -- Text. Text, Voice, Performance. The Troilus Text: An Overview. The Troilus Text: The Questions -- Sources. Introduction: 'Lollius'. Boccaccio, Il Filostrato. Dares and Dictys. Benoit de Sainte-Maure, Le Roman de Troie. Guido de Columnis, Historia destructionis Troiae, and the Tradition of Troilus and Criseyde. Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae. Ovid. Le Roman de la rose. Guillaume de Machaut. The Story of Thebes. Dante -- Genre. Introduction. Epic. Romance. History. Tragedy. Drama. Lyric. Fabliau. Allegory -- Structure. Introduction. Symmetry. Structure and Setting. Structure of Time. Structure in the Stars -- Themes. Introduction. A Debate about Love. Serving and Deserving. Love and Religion. Sickness and Death. Pitee. Secrecy. Honour. Trouthe. Time and Change. Past, Present, and Future. Freedom and the Stars. Fortune and Freedom. Characterization. Troilus. Criseyde. Pandarus. Diomede. Ending(s) -- Style. The Play of Style. 'In science so expert'. 'This paynted proces'. 'Verray signal of martire'. 'Proverbes may me naught availle'. 'To ryme wel this book till have do' -- Imitation and Allusion, c.1385-1700.".
- catalog description "The three Oxford Guides to Chaucer are written by scholars of international repute, with the purpose of summarizing what is known about his works and offering interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. Barry Windeatt's volume on Troilus and Criseyde examines the poem that is Chaucer's most ambitious single achievement, his masterpiece, and one of the very finest narrative poems in the English language. The story of love fulfilled and trust betrayed - of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love, and how she abandons him for Diomede after her departure from Troy - is presented by Chaucer with profound insight into human character and explored through its philosophical and spiritual dimensions. This Oxford Guide is the most comprehensive introduction to Troilus and Criseyde yet produced. It includes the fullest and most convenient account of Chaucer's imaginative use of his sources, the first extended analysis of the poem's originality of genre, and a readable commentary on all aspects of the work, its structure, themes, characterization, and style. It also contains a survey of literary responses to Troilus in the three centuries following Chaucer's death. The Guide combines the informative substance of a reference book with the coherence of a critical reading, and is set to establish itself as a standard work on Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog extent "414 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog identifier "0198111959".
- catalog isFormatOf "Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford guides to Chaucer".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog subject "821/.1 20".
- catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde Sources.".
- catalog subject "Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde.".
- catalog subject "Cressida (Fictitious character)".
- catalog subject "Love in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR1896 .W56 1992".
- catalog subject "Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Trojan War Literature and the war.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. Bibliographical Note -- Date -- Text. Text, Voice, Performance. The Troilus Text: An Overview. The Troilus Text: The Questions -- Sources. Introduction: 'Lollius'. Boccaccio, Il Filostrato. Dares and Dictys. Benoit de Sainte-Maure, Le Roman de Troie. Guido de Columnis, Historia destructionis Troiae, and the Tradition of Troilus and Criseyde. Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae. Ovid. Le Roman de la rose. Guillaume de Machaut. The Story of Thebes. Dante -- Genre. Introduction. Epic. Romance. History. Tragedy. Drama. Lyric. Fabliau. Allegory -- Structure. Introduction. Symmetry. Structure and Setting. Structure of Time. Structure in the Stars -- Themes. Introduction. A Debate about Love. Serving and Deserving. Love and Religion. Sickness and Death. Pitee. Secrecy. Honour. Trouthe. Time and Change. Past, Present, and Future. Freedom and the Stars. Fortune and Freedom. Characterization. Troilus. Criseyde. Pandarus. Diomede. Ending(s) -- Style. The Play of Style. 'In science so expert'. 'This paynted proces'. 'Verray signal of martire'. 'Proverbes may me naught availle'. 'To ryme wel this book till have do' -- Imitation and Allusion, c.1385-1700.".
- catalog title "Troilus and Criseyde / BarryWindeatt.".
- catalog type "text".