{"product_id":"the-song-of-troilus-9780812231441","title":"The Song of Troilus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Song of Troilus\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e, Bocaccio''s \u003ci\u003eFilostrato\u003c\/i\u003e, and Chaucer''s \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e. The shared aim of these texts, he argues, is to imagine and achieve an unprecedented \u003ci\u003eauctoritas\u003c\/i\u003e: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Song of Troilus\u003c\/i\u003e is a linked series of incisive close readings. Each chapter defines and investigates a range of philological, intertextual, and theoretical problems; in addition to\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405708960087,"sku":"9780812231441","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812231441.jpg?v=1730493355","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-song-of-troilus-9780812231441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}