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Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Troilus and Criseyde is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set against a backdrop of war in the Siege of Troy. It was composed using rime royale and probably completed during the mid 1380s. Many Chaucer scholars regard it as the poet's finest work. As a finished long poem it is certainly more self-contained than the better known but ultimately uncompleted Canterbury Tales. Criseyde, the daughter of the seer Calchas, lives alone in Troy after her father abandons the Trojans to help the Greeks. Eventually she catches the eye of Troilus, a man who had previously scoffed at love, and becomes the object of his overwhelming desire.
ok can telle, Amphiorax, fil thurgh the ground to helle.' 105 Quod Pandarus, `Al this knowe I my-selve, And al the assege of Thebes and the care; For her-of been ther maked bokes twelve: — But lat be this, and tel me how ye fare; Do wey your barbe, and shew your face bare; 110 Do wey your book, rys up, and lat us daunce, And lat us don to May som observaunce.' `A! God forbede!' quod she. `Be ye mad? Is that a widewes lyf, so god you save? By god, ye maken me right sore a-drad, 115 Ye ben so wilde, it semeth as ye rave! It sete me wel bet ay in a cave To bidde, and rede on holy seyntes lyves; Lat maydens gon to daunce, and yonge wyves.' `As ever thryve I,' quod this Pandarus, 120 `Yet coude I telle a thing to doon you pleye.' `Now, uncle dere,' quod she, `tel it us For goddes love; is than the assege aweye? I am of Grekes so ferd that I deye.' `Nay, nay,' quod he, `as ever mote I thryve! 125 It is a thing wel bet than swiche fyve.' `Ye, holy god,' quod she, `what thing is that? What! Bet than swiche fyve? Ey, nay, y-wis! For al this world ne can I reden what It sholde been; som Iape, I trowe, is this; 130 And but your-selven telle us what it is, My wit is for to arede it al to lene; As help me god, I noot nat what ye meene.' `And I your borow, ne never shal, for me, This thing be told to yow, as mote I thryve!' 135 `And why so, uncle myn? Why so?' quod she. `By god,' quod he, `that wole I telle as blyve; For pr
Keira 04/12/2024
parts of this felt like a gossip girl episode and i think i audibly gasped so many times. also the picture of how consuming and ugly human love can become with no divine basis or reason for commitment is beautiful and horrifying and eye opening. also he kept quoting ecclesiastes in the most perfect
Roy 06/07/2016
Some great authors spur us on to greater heights; others serve to remind us of our shortcomings. For me, Chaucer is of the latter type. From the beginning, and to the bitter end, he was a struggle to appreciate. I could, of course, sense his greatness; it is manifest in every stanza. Yet I could not
David 03/08/2015
A medieval romantic tale of love destroyed by war
18 May 2012

The story of Troilus and Criseyde (I will use that Chaucerian as opposed to the Shakespearian spelling here) dates back only a far as the middle ages, despite it being set during the Trojan War. The interesting thing is that while Troilus
Nicky 02/14/2012
This is a very good edition of the text. Being a Norton edition, it provides a very good gloss by the side of each line, for the Middle English; critical material and responses; an introduction with very good background information; and a translation of Chaucer's main source alongside the text.

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