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The Story of Troilus (MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching) (edition 1978)

by R. K. Gordon (Editor)

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Originally published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1934. In this volume Gordon presents the four great medieval versions of the love of Troilus and Criseida: Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, written in approximately 1160 and the earliest surviving version of the story; Giovanni Boccaccio's It Filostrato (c 1338), which drew on Benoît's tale for one of its two main sources; Georffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde c 1385), for centuries considered his best work; and Robert Henryson's Testament of Cresseid (c 1490), which functions as a continuation of the story Chaucer tells.… (more)
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Title:The Story of Troilus (MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching)
Authors:R. K. Gordon (Editor)
Info:University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (1978), 383 pages
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A very convenient compendium of Benoit de Sainte-Maure, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Henryson. The glossing of Chaucer and Henryson is inconveniently in the rear of the book rather than marginal or bottom-of-the-page, but some teachers using the book for academic reading may prefer that students "guess" at the vocabulary from context. Henryson's Middle Scots (a lowlands dialect of English, in contrast with the Gaelic of the highlands) is, incidentally, really no more difficult reading than Shakespeare's Early Modern English.

Another reviewer considers these works to be useful comparisons with Chaucer. Personally, I consider Henryson's Testament a particularly valuable work in its own right (and so must have Seamus Heaney, who translated The Testament of Cresseid and Seven Fables). Henryson is particularly intriguing for his use of astrological imagery, and his portrayal of Cresseid as a whore is an interesting transition from Chaucer to Shakespeare. ( )
1 vote CurrerBell | Oct 30, 2015 |
Useful for giving texts of several different versions of the story
to compare with Chaucer ( )
  antiquary | Jul 29, 2007 |
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High on iron pillars in Chaucer's House of Fame stand those who bear up the story of Troy: Homer, Dares, Dictys, Lollius, Guido, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Virgil.
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Originally published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1934. In this volume Gordon presents the four great medieval versions of the love of Troilus and Criseida: Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, written in approximately 1160 and the earliest surviving version of the story; Giovanni Boccaccio's It Filostrato (c 1338), which drew on Benoît's tale for one of its two main sources; Georffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde c 1385), for centuries considered his best work; and Robert Henryson's Testament of Cresseid (c 1490), which functions as a continuation of the story Chaucer tells.

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