• 'Troilus and Criseyde' is written by Geoffrey Chaucer. - ১৩৮০ সালে রচিত এটি হচ্ছে একটি tragic verse romance। - সমালোচকদের মতে এই কবিতাটি Chaucer এর অন্যতম সৃষ্টি। - কবিতাটি ৮২৩৯ লাইনের এক দীর্ঘ কবিতা। - This poem was taken largely from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Il filostrato. - It recounts the love story of Troilus, son of the Trojan king Priam, and Criseyde, widowed daughter of the deserter priest Calchas.
• Geoffrey Chaucer: - তিনি ছিলেন Middle English period এর কবি। - He is the representative of the 14th century and belongs to The Middle English Period. - His literary career is divided into three phases, namely Italian, French and English.
• তাঁর টাইটেল বা উপাধি গুলো হল: - Father of the English Language. - Father of English Literature. - Father of English Modern Poetry. - The first great English storyteller.
• His literary works: - Troilus and Criseyde, - The Parliament of Foules, - The Nun Priests Tale, - The Pardoner's Tale, - The Miller's Tale, - The Nun's Priest's Tale, - The House of Fame, - Legend of Good Women, - The Book of the Duchess, - The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, - The Canterbury Tales, - The Clerk’s Tale, - The Cook’s Tale, - The Friar’s Tale, - The Knight’s Tale, - The Monk’s Tale etc.
• উল্লেখ্য যে, Troilus and Cressida নামে William Shakespeare এর একটি Drama রয়েছে।
Source: An ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica and Website Lecture.