Troilus and Criseyde
$36.91
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2003
Summary
Chaucer’s longest complete poem is the supreme evocation of doomed courtly love in medieval English literature. Set during the tenth year of the siege of Troy, the poem relates how Troilus - with the help of Criseyde’s wily uncle Pandarus - persuades her to become his lover, only to be betrayed when she is handed over to the Greek camp and yields to Diomede.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140424218 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140424210 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 436g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Born in London to a wine merchant, Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340-1400) became a royal servant and travelled as a diplomat to France, Spain and Italy. As well as being famed for his translations, his own work includes The Canterbury Tales, The Book of the Duchess and The Legend of Good Women.
Professor Barry Windeatt is Fellow and Keeper of Rare Books at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has translated The Book of Margery Kempe and is the author of the Oxford Guide to Troilus & Criseyde.
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