{"product_id":"9781411467323","title":"Troilus and Criseyde (Barnes \u0026 Noble Digital Library)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Love. War. Sex. Betrayal. And finally: a hero's violent end. \u003cb\u003eChaucer's \u003c\/b\u003emasterwork \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic with the inner turmoil of medieval romance, a tragedy with comedic self-reflection. The story tells of two lovers: Troilus, a young Trojan hero, and Criseyde, the beautiful widow with whom he falls desperately and dramatically in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fate of this love seems to be controlled by various self-serving forces-from Criseyde's pandering uncle, to the political machinations of the war-yet the central theme upon which this text­­ hinges is the degree of Criseyde's own culpability in her change of heart regarding Troilus. At the core of this question exist crucial issues regarding the position of the individual in relation to medieval society, to God's plan, to human history, and ultimately to the literary canon itself. Indeed, in the plight of the ill-fated lovers, and in Chaucer's inspired treatment of them, we can find a prototype of the star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare's later \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126428385520,"sku":"9781411467323","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411467323_p0.jpg?v=1769897291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411467323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}