Troilus and Criseyde

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Middle English narrative poem literary work poem

Troilus and Criseyde is a Middle English narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that retells the tragic love story of Troilus and Criseyde during the Trojan War.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Criseyde 1
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde 1
Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English narrative poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
approximateDate c. 1380s ⓘ
author Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
basedOn Il Filostrato ⓘ
story of Troilus and Briseis ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
containsCharacter Calchas ⓘ
Cassandra ⓘ
Diomede ⓘ
Hector ⓘ
Priam ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
genre courtly love literature ⓘ
romance ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Criseyde ⓘ
Troilus ⓘ
influenced William Shakespeare ⓘ
influencedWork Troilus and Cressida ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryDevice narrator’s prologue and epilogue ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Middle English ⓘ
surface form: Middle English literature
literarySignificance important precursor to English Renaissance poetry ⓘ
major work of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
mainCharacter Troilus and Criseyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Criseyde

Pandarus ⓘ
Troilus ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter (approximate in Middle English) ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Middle English ⓘ
period Middle Ages ⓘ
rhymeScheme ababbcc ⓘ
setting Trojan War ⓘ
settingLocation Troy ⓘ
stanzaForm seven-line stanza ⓘ
structure five books ⓘ
subjectMatter tragic love story ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
fate ⓘ
fortune ⓘ
love ⓘ
war ⓘ
timeOfComposition late 14th century ⓘ
tradition courtly love tradition ⓘ
verseForm rhyme royal ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troilus → appearsIn → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
Troilus → influencedWork → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde → mainCharacter → Troilus and Criseyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Criseyde
Geoffrey Chaucer → notableWork → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio → notableWork → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia
The Legend of Good Women → relatedWork → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ
The House of Fame → relatedWorkByAuthor → Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ