Troilus and Criseyde - (Norton Critical Edition)

Geoffrey Chaucer

W. W. Norton & Company

2006

656 páginas

21h 52m

ISBN-10: 0393927555

Tragic verse romance by Geoffrey Chaucer, composed in the 1380s and considered by some critics to be his finest work. The plot of this 8,239-line poem was taken largely from Giovanni Boccaccio's Il filostrato. It recounts the love story of Troilus, son of the Trojan king Priam, and Criseyde, widowed daughter of the deserter priest Calchas. The poem moves in leisurely fashion, with introspection and much of what would now be called psychological insight dominating many sections. Aided by Criseyde's uncle Pandarus, Troilus and Criseyde are united in love about halfway through the poem, but then she is sent to join her father in the Greek camp outside Troy. Despite her promise to return, she is loved by the Greek warrior Diomedes and comes to love him. Troilus, left in despair, is killed in the Trojan War. These events are interspersed with Boethian discussion of free will and determinism and the direct comments of the narrator. At the end of the poem, when Troilus' soul rises into the heavens, the folly of complete immersion in sexual love is viewed in relation to the eternal love of God.

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Romance em versos de Geoffrey Chaucer, composto na década de 1380 sua maior e mais importante obra completada. O enredo deste poema de 8.239 versos foi retirado em grande parte de Il filostrato, de Giovanni Boccaccio. Conta a história de amor de Troilus, filho do rei troiano Príamo, e de Criseyde, filha viúva do sacerdote desertor Calchas. O poema se move de maneira vagarosa, com a introspecção e muito do que hoje seria chamado de 'insight' psicológico dominando muitas seções. Esta é uma primorosa edição critica, com texto em verso, em inglês moderno.