Troilus and Criseyde: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393927555 ISBN 13: 9780393927559

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

Synopsis

This Norton Critical Edition of Chaucer’s masterpiece is based on Stephen Barney’s acclaimed text and is accompanied by a translation of its major source, Boccaccio’s Filostrato.

The editor’s lucid introduction, marginal glosses, and explanatory annotations make Troilus and Criseyde easily accessible to students with no prior knowledge of Chaucer or Middle English. Also included is Robert Henryson’s Testament of Cresseid, the poignant "sequel" to Troilus and Criseyde from fifteenth-century Scotland.

"Criticism" includes ten essays by a diverse group of distinguished Chaucerians, among them C. S. Lewis, E. Talbot Donaldson, Karla Taylor, Lee Patterson, and Jill Mann, that illuminate the major scholarly issues raised by this complex and challenging poem.

A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included

About this title

From the Back Cover:

During the great siege of Troy, Troilus, the son of Priam, sees Criseyde and falls in love with her. Later, with the help Pandarus- one of the first great character studies in our literature-Troilus wins her love, only to be betrayed.

About the Author:

Stephen Barney is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Studies in ’Troilus’: Chaucer’s Text, Meter, and Diction, Allegories in History, Allegories of Love and Word Hoard: An Introduction to the Old English Vocabulary. He is the editor of Chaucer’s ’Troilus’: Essays in Criticism and Annotation and Its Texts. His edited text of Troilus and Criseyde appears in The Riverside Chaucer.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0393927555
• ISBN 13: 9780393927559
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Barney Stephen