Cover Image

Love, history and emotion in Chaucer and Shakespeare : Troilus and Criseyde and Troilus and Cressida /

This unique collection of essays explores medieval and early modern Troilus-texts from Chaucer to Shakespeare, looking at the powerful potential of emotions to shape and critique complex notions of temporality and textuality. The contributors show how medieval and early modern fictions of Troy use l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Johnston, Andrew James (Editor), West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964- (Editor), Kempf, Elisabeth (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Manchester medieval literature and culture.
Subjects:
Love in literature.
Emotions in literature.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Troilus and Criseyde.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Troilus and Cressida.

Similar Items