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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Main Author: Weatherbee, Winthrop
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 1984, 1984
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