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Criseyde — [kri sā′də] n. var. (in Chaucer) of CRESSIDA … English World dictionary
Troilus and Criseyde — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1385) Troilus and Criseyde is Geoffrey CHAUCER’s longest complete poem, at 8,239 lines of RHYME ROYAL stanzas, divided into five books. Written in the mid to late 1380s, soon after The KNIGHT’S TALE and his… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Troilus and Criseyde — (circa 1380 87) is Geoffrey Chaucer s poem in rhyme royal ( rime royale ) re telling the tragic love story of Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Criseyde. Scholarly consensus is that Chaucer completed Troilus and Criseyde by the mid 1380 s. Many… … Wikipedia
Trolius \& Criseyde — {Chaucer} … Medieval glossary
Troilus — [ Etruscan fresco, Tomb of the Bulls, Tarquinia, c540 530BC.] Troilus (also Troilos, Troylus) (Ancient Greek: Τρωίλος, Troïlos, Latin: Troilus) is a legendary character associated with the story of the Trojan War. The first surviving reference to … Wikipedia
Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer … Wikipedia
Chaucer, Geoffrey — born с 1342/43, London?, Eng. died Oct. 25, 1400, London English poet. Of middle class birth, he was a courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, trusted by three kings in his active and varied career, and a poet only by avocation. His first… … Universalium
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 … Wikipedia
Geoffrey Chaucer — (* um 1343, wahrscheinlich in London; † wahrscheinlich 25. Oktober 1400 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Dichter, der als Verfasser der Canterbury Tales berühmt geworden ist. In einer Zeit, in der die englische Dichtung noch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
