This Norton Critical Edition of Chaucer's epic masterpiece is based on Stephen A. Barney's acclaimed text and is accompanied by a facing-page translation of its major source, the Filostrato by Giovanni Boccaccio. Also included are a comprehensive introduction to the poem, marginal glosses, and explanatory footnotes.Together, these supporting materials make Troilus and Criseycle accessible to students with no prior knowledge of Chaucer or Middle English.

Introduction

The Text of Troilus and Criseyde,

with facing-page Il Filostrato

The Testament of Cresseid by Robert Henryson

Criticism

 c. s. Lewis · What Chaucer Really Did to II Filostrato

 Morton W. Bloomfield· Distance and Predestination in

Troilus and Criseyde

 E. Talbot Donaldson · The Ending of Troilus

 Sheila Delany · Techniques of Alienation in Troilus and

Criseyde

 Davis Taylor·The Terms of Love: A Study of Troilus's Style

 Richard F. Green·Troilus and the Game of Love

 Karla Taylor· Proverbs and the Authentication of

Convention in Troilus and Criseyde

 Lee Patterson · Troilus and Criseyde and the Subject of

History

 Louise O. Fradenburg· "Our owen wo to drynke": Loss,

Gender and Chivalry in Troilus and Criseyde

 Jill Mann · From Feminizing Chaucer

Glossary

Selected Bibliography