Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer is a poem about two lovers. Troilus is smitten with Criseyde after he mocks love. The God of Love punishes him with a never-ending desire for Criseyde. Troilus becomes distraught and depressed when Criseyde does not keep her promise and return to him. Instead, she accepts another lover named Diomede. This causes Troilus to become distracted on the battlefield where he is killed by Achileus and able to find peace in death.
The English author and courtier Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1345-1400) was one of the greatest poets of the late Middle Ages and has often been called the father of English poetry. His best-known works are ...
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Perhaps the modern reader must first realize what a curious phenomenon it is that Geoffrey Chaucer became the first English author. It would have been surprising in the fourteenth century for anyone t...
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Biography EssayPerhaps we must first realize what a curious phenomenon it is that Geoffrey Chaucer became the first English author. It would have been surprising in the fourteenth century for anyone t...
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer