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Troilus and Criseyde
Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Barry Windeatt (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: January 1, 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199555079
- ISBN-13: 9780199555079
Book Description
Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight. This is a modern English prose translation intended as an accurate guide to the Middle English original, and a readable translation in its own right. This edition includes an introduction by a major Chaucerean scholar, an index of the names associated with the Trojan War, and an illuminating index of Proverbs.
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About the Author
Barry Windeatt is Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
