Thirteen essays focusing on the character of Criseyde in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. Topics include: major critical trends; romance genre and costume; the anti-widow tradition; "reading"; objectification; gender roles; pedagogy and feminism; co-dependency; performance theory; medieval and modern aesthetic theory; Criseyde's aube; Criseyde's own perspective on the poem; a Criseydan reading of the poem.