TY  - GEN
T1  - The song of Troilus : lyric authority in the medieval book
T2  - Middle Ages series.
A1  - Stillinger, Thomas C.
LA  - English
PP  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
YR  - 1992
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm44956598
AB  - 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.
OP  - 287
NO  - Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Cornell University.
CN  - PR1896 .S84 1992eb
SN  - 0585172919
SN  - 9780585172910
SN  - 9781512809442
SN  - 1512809446
SN  - 0812231449
SN  - 9780812231441
KW  - Chaucer, Geoffrey, : -1400. : Troilus and Criseyde.
KW  - Boccaccio, Giovanni, : 1313-1375. : Filostrato.
KW  - Dante Alighieri, : 1265-1321. : Vita nuova.
KW  - Chaucer, Geoffrey, : approximately 1340-1400. : Troilus and Criseyde.
KW  - Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
KW  - Vita nuova (Dante Alighieri)
KW  - Dante (Alighieri). : Vita nuova.
KW  - Boccaccio, Giovanni. : Filostrato.
KW  - Chaucer, Geoffrey. : Troilus and Criseyde.
KW  - Troilus (Legendary character) in literature.
KW  - Literature, Medieval : History and criticism.
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Trojan War : Literature and the war.
KW  - Authority in literature.
KW  - Rhetoric, Medieval.
KW  - Intertextuality.
KW  - Littérature médiévale : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
KW  - Rhétorique médiévale.
KW  - Intertextualité.
KW  - Troïlos (Personnage légendaire) dans la littérature.
KW  - Guerre de Troie dans la littérature.
KW  - Autorité dans la littérature.
KW  - POETRY : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Medieval.
KW  - Authority in literature
KW  - Intertextuality
KW  - Literature, Medieval
KW  - Rhetoric, Medieval
KW  - Troilus (Legendary character) in literature
KW  - Auctoritas
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -