Troilus and Criseyde (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- First Published: 1382
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Love
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, medieval, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Betrayal, War, Tragedy, Heroes or heroism, Greek or Roman times, Chivalry, Trojan War
- Locales: Troy, ancient
Places Discussed
*Troy. Ancient city-state on the coast of Asia Minor. Although Troy was an actual historical place, Chaucer’s description of it bears no resemblance to the city Homer described in The Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e.; English translation, 1616) or to anything even remotely like the real city. It is, instead, the very type of a prospering, sensual city that easily corresponds to the court of England’s King Edward III. However, this is not to say that Chaucer intends specific correspondences between the characters of his poem and English persons he actually knew....
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