The Testament of Cresseid

entitled, The Testament of Cresseid. Although the two highly expressive pieces of poetry are inclusive of and are remarking on consistent characters, Chaucer and Henryson could not have composed two more vastly contrasting representations of the same woman. In examining the representations of Chaucer’s Criseyde and Henryson’s Cresseid, the poems’ differences and similarities were relatively clear. Chaucer’s guarded ambiguity versus Henryson’s bold explicitness towards the heroine’s body’s…

depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past". Later in 1997, Heaney was subsequently elected as one of its five elders and its highest honor called, ”Saoi”. (http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/)(http://www.nobelprize.org/) Chapter Three: Later Life In 2000, as a translator, Heaney’s most famous work is the translation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem “Beowulf” was considered groundbreaking because of the freedom he took in using modern language, the book is largely credited with…