Troilus and Cressida

Often called the first great English novel,Troilus and Cressida, a tragic love story set during the siege of Troy, is Chaucer's masterpiece. Troilus, a valiant warrior, is scornful of love until he catches a glimpse of Cressida. With the help of his friend and her uncle Pandarus, Troilus wins Cressida over. But their happiness is destroyed when, summoned to a Greek camp, Cressida seeks the protection of one Diomede and ultimately betrays Troilus.

<b>George Philip Krapp</b> (1872–1934) was a renowned authority on Anglo-Saxon.<br><br><b>Peter G. Beidler</b> is a professor of English at Lehigh University and editor of <i>The Wife of Bath</i> and, with Elizabeth Biebel, <i>Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue</i> and <i>Tale: An Annotated Bibliography</i>.<br><br><b>Cindy Vitto</b> is a professor of English at Rowan University and author of <i>The Virtuous Pagan in Middle English Literature</i> and the co-editor of<i> The Rusted Hauberk: Feudal Ideals of Order and Their Decline</i>.