The song of Troilus - Info and Reading Options
lyric authority in the medieval book
By Thomas C. Stillinger
"The song of Troilus" was published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 1992 - Philadelphia, it has 287 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The song of Troilus” Metadata:
- Title: The song of Troilus
- Author: Thomas C. Stillinger
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 287
- Publisher: ➤ University of Pennsylvania Press
- Publish Date: 1992
- Publish Location: Philadelphia
“The song of Troilus” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Authority in literature - Cressida (Fictitious character) - History - History and criticism - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) - Intertextuality - Literature and the war - Medieval Literature - Medieval Rhetoric - Troilus (Legendary character) in literature - Trojan War - English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500
- People: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400) - Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
- Time: To 1500
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 287 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL1724356M - OL4300212W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 26350837
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 92028021
- ISBN-10: 0812231449
- All ISBNs: 0812231449
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The Song of Troilis traces the origins of modern authorship in the formal experimentation of medieval writers. Thomas C. Stillinger analyzes a sequence of narrative books that are in some way constructed around lyric poems: Dante's Vita Nuova, Boccaccio's Filostrato, and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. The shared aim of these texts, he argues, is to imagine and achieve an unprecedented auctoritas: a "lyric authority" that combines the expressive subjectivity of courtly love poetry with the impersonal authority of Biblical commentary. Each of the three establishes its own formal and intertextual dynamics; in complex and unexpected ways, the hierarchies of Latin learning are charged with erotic force, allowing the creation of a new vernacular Book of Love. The Song of Troilus is a linked series of incisive close readings. Each chapter defines and investigates a range of philological, intertextual, and theoretical problems: in addition to explicating his three principal texts, Stillinger offers important insights into a range of medieval traditions, from Psalm commentary to Trojan historiography to Ricardian political satire. At the same time, the Song of Troilus is a sophisticated narrative of cultural change and a searching meditation on history, desire, and writing. The Song of Troilus is an original and highly readable study of three major medieval texts; it will be of compelling interest to students and scholars of medieval literature, and to all those exploring the history of authorship and the implications of literary form.
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