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Troilus and Criseyde: A New Translation
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Description for Troilus and Criseyde: A New Translation
Paperback. Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight. This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian scholar includes an index of the names relating to the Trojan War and an Index of Proverbs. Editor(s): Windeatt, Barry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
`Now listen with good will, as I go straight to my subject matter, in which you may hear the double sorrows of Troilus in his love for Criseyde, and how she forsook him before she died' Like Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Iseult, the names of Troilus and Criseyde will always be united: a pair of lovers whose names are inseparable from passion and tragedy. Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer's masterpiece and was prized for centuries as his supreme achievement. The story of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love and how she abandons him for Diomede after ... Read more
`Now listen with good will, as I go straight to my subject matter, in which you may hear the double sorrows of Troilus in his love for Criseyde, and how she forsook him before she died' Like Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Iseult, the names of Troilus and Criseyde will always be united: a pair of lovers whose names are inseparable from passion and tragedy. Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer's masterpiece and was prized for centuries as his supreme achievement. The story of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love and how she abandons him for Diomede after ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555079
SKU
V9780199555079
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About Geoffrey Chaucer
Barry Windeatt is Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
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