Troilus and Criseyde / Edition 1

by R. A. Shoaf, Albert Croll Baugh

Overview

Troilus and Criseyde (circa 1380-87) is Geoffrey Chaucer's classic poem in rhyme royal (rime royale, seven line stanzas rhyming ababbcc) re-telling the tragic love story of Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Criseyde.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870135361
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1989
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

R. A. Shoaf is Alumni Professor of English in the University of Florida, has published ten books, including The Poem as Green Girdle: 'Commercium' in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' (Florida, 1984), Milton, Poet of Duality (Florida, 1993), and Thomas Usk: 'The Testament of Love' (Kalamazoo, 1998). He has twice held Fellowships of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he has won six teaching awards in the University of Florida and the Southeastern Region of the MLA in the past 10 years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Geoffrey Chaucer: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text

Troilus and Criseyde

• Book I
  Book II
  Book III
  Book IV
  Book V

Glossarial Index of Characters in Troilus and Criseyde
Glossary

Appendix A: The Story of Troilus and Criseyde

1. From Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Le Roman de Troie (1160)
2. From Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filostrato (1335–40)
3. Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid (1532)

Appendix B: Other Influential Literature

1. From Ovid, Metamorphoses (7 CE)
2. From Ovid, Ars Amatoria (3 BCE)
3. From Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy (524 CE)
4. From Andreas Capellanus, On Love (1185–90)
5. From Jean de Meun, The Romance of the Rose (c. 1275)
6. Francis Petrarch, Sonnet 132 (c. 1370)

Appendix C: Medieval Science

1. From Constantine the African, Viaticum (c. 1060)
2. From Gerard of Berry, Glosses on the Viaticum (late 12th century CE)
3. From Bona Fortuna, Treatise on the Viaticum (early 14th century CE)
4. From Macrobius, On Dreams (c. 400)
5. The Ptolemaic Universe (c. 1539)

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Editorial Reviews

“James Dean and Harriet Spiegel have produced an elegant edition of Chaucer’s masterpiece that will stand next to the Broadview Canterbury Tales as the most widely adapted classroom edition. It wears its considerable learning lightly and lets Chaucer’s poetry speak for itself, while still providing helpful notes and glosses to guide the reader. Spiegel is widely known as a translator of medieval literature and Dean is one of the most respected scholars and editors of his generation. Together they make a great team, and it shows on every page and every line of this edition. It will be on my syllabus, and I recommend it to everyone who teaches the Troilus.” — John Ganim, University of California at Riverside

“Everything a reader of Troilus would want: generous glossing; a lucid review of critical history; excerpts from Boccaccio and Benoît de Sainte-Maure; and a full text and translation, prepared specifically for this edition, of Henryson’s Testament. And much more.” — Sarah Stanbury, College of the Holy Cross

“Our students deserve to encounter the Troilus more often than they do, and this impressive edition will make such encounters possible. Its price (digital and print) takes into account the exigencies of student budgets. Thoughtfully accommodating all the dimensions of accessibility, the editors and press have given us a clear, up-to-date edition whose single-text editorial approach will make it useful not only in courses in medieval literature, but also those in textual studies or editorial theory. Everyone who teaches Chaucer should acquire this edition.” — Karla Taylor, Arthuriana

“The Broadview Troilus is an excellent edition for undergraduate students, helpful in its glossing and rich in its commentary.” — John C. Hirsh, Georgetown University

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