Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature

Cressida - A Love Betrayed

Documentary 1 June 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E6: Cressida is an archetypal femme fatale, who finds herself in the middle of a love triangle between her true love, Troilus, and the bad boy, Diomedes; Chaucer and Shakespeare's perspective on Cressida; what she does not understand about love.

Documentary 1 June 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 31 min
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.