Abstract
Abstract
This chapter highlights the multi-generic quality of Troilus and Criseyde by analysing features of each genre identifiable in the poem. Chaucer’s distinctive combination of generic features builds into an intertextual critique and commentary between genres and the perspectives on experience that these genres represent. The contribution of the sources and analogues that lie behind Chaucer’s generic inclusiveness is also part of the analysis, including tragedies of the ‘falls’ of princes. Discussion focusses on the generic features in Troilus of epic, romance, history-writing, tragedy, drama and debate, lyric (including song, letter, and complaint), fabliau, allegory, and comedy.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
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