The Canticus Troili is a translation of Petrarch's Sonnet 132 from Il Canzoniere.[5]
Troilus' philosophical monologue in Book IV is from Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, a book that was extremely influential to Chaucer.
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This is really a "romance tragedy," The romance of Troilus and Criseyde ultimately ends in betrayal; a turn of events that may surprise the reader if it were not for the narrator’s frequent allusions to future events. Criseyde, going against her...
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Love is central to Chaucer’s tale, and Troilus and Criseyde’s love affair follows many conventions of the medieval concept of "courtly love." This includes worship of the maiden from afar (Book 1), rejection of the male by the virtuous lady (Book...
