Forming Pity: Responses to Suffering in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

This article argues for the critical importance of pity for understanding Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. It shows that in his translation of the popular Troilus narrative Chaucer greatly expanded the role of pity from his sources, and it investigates the consequences of this expansion for the...

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Main Author: Hines, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. 2022
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 54, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 49-71
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
ZD Psychology
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