Rowan Wilson is a writer and medievalist living in Oxford. Their writing has appeared in magazines including The Point, the Times Literary Supplement, and Extra Teeth. They are working on a novel about bogs.
Rowan Wilson
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“Things Happen, As They Do in War”: From Chaucer’s Siege of Troy to the Siege of Gaza
“Troilus and Criseyde” is not often regarded as war poetry. But in 2024, it’s impossible not to see the truth at the poem’s core: it’s a work about a city under siege.
