The Story of Troilus

By Robert Kay Gordon

Book Overview

Originally published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1934.

In this volume Gordon presents the four great medieval versions of the love of Troilus and Criseida: Beno t de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, written in approximately 1160 and the earliest surviving version of the story; Giovanni Boccaccio's It Filostrato (c 1338), which drew on Beno t's tale for one of its two main sources; Georffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde c 1385), for centuries considered his best work; and Robert Henryson's Testament of Cresseid (c 1490), which functions as a continuation of the story Chaucer tells.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802063683
• ISBN13: 9780802063687
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher