Dimensions
130 x 198 x 22mm
Troylus, son of the King of Troy, sees the young Trojan widow Criseyde from a distance and, despite his mockery of foolish infatuation, falls deeply in love. Their allegiances are with opposing sides but, encouraged by the comic go-between Pandarus, Criseyde soon returns Troylus's affections. Their romance, set against the turmoil of the Trojan war, gives expression to the diversity of human experience and its potentially tragic nature.
Chaucer's only complete poem articulates his understanding of love and its language as it charts the fast wheeling of Fortune which elevates Troylus with love, but sinks Criseyde into an irrevocable betrayal.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Chaucer's life and times.
