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Troilus and Criseyde

Troilus and Criseyde

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Editorial:
Wilder Publications
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781515428411
Páginas:
60
Encuadernación:
Cartoné
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Troilus and Criseyde is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set against a backdrop of war in the Siege of Troy. It was composed using rime royale and probably completed during the mid 1380s. Many Chaucer scholars regard it as the poet’s finest work.

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