Chaucer and the Poets: An Essay on Troilus and Criseyde

In this sensitive reading of Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, Winthrop Wetherbee redefines the nature of Chaucer’s poetic vision. Using as a starting point Chaucer’s profound admiration for the achievement of Dante and the classical poets, Wetherbee sees the Troilus as much more than a courtly treatment of an event in ancient history—it is, he asserts, a major statement about the poetic tradition from which it emerges. Wetherbee demonstrates the evolution of the poet-narrator of the Troilus, who begins as a poet of romance, bound by the characters’ limited worldview, but who in the end becomes a poet capable of realizing the tragic and ultimately the spiritual implications of his story

Chaucer and the Poets

In this sensitive reading of Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, Winthrop Wetherbee redefines the nature of Chaucer’s poetic vision. Using as a starting point Chaucer’s profound admiration for the achievement of Dante and the classical poets, Wetherbee sees the Troilus as much more than a courtly treatment of an event in ancient history—it is, he asserts, a major statement about the poetic tradition from which it emerges. Wetherbee demonstrates the evolution of the poet-narrator of the Troilus, who begins as a poet of romance, bound by the characters’ limited worldview, but who in the end becomes a poet capable of realizing the tragic and ultimately the spiritual implications of his story.<p

Paul Gerhard Schmidt, éd. — Johannes de Hauvilla, « Architrenius », 1974

Wetherbee Winthrop, Hunt Nicole. Paul Gerhard Schmidt, éd. — Johannes de Hauvilla, « Architrenius », 1974. In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 21e année (n°81), Janvier-mars 1978. pp. 77-79

Paul Gerhard Schmidt, éd. — Johannes de Hauvilla, « Architrenius », 1974

Wetherbee Winthrop, Hunt Nicole. Paul Gerhard Schmidt, éd. — Johannes de Hauvilla, « Architrenius », 1974. In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 21e année (n°81), Janvier-mars 1978. pp. 77-79

A Conversation with Winthrop (Pete) Wetherbee III

Winthrop (“Pete”) Wetherbee recounts highlights of his career as Professor of English at Cornell with close ties to Cornell’s Medieval Studies Program and its Department of Classics. He also describes his role in developing a teaching program at the maximum security prison at Auburn, New York.1_thv0xe7

Marcus, Phillip

Also available as a printed booklet and from the Dean of Faculty website https://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/Memorial Statement for Phillip Marcus, who died in 2015. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university

Kaske, Carol V.

Also available as a printed booklet and from the Dean of Faculty website https://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/Memorial Statement for Carol V. Kaske, who died in 2016. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university