Hayne's Adaptation of Chaucer's Franklin's Tale.
- Author / Editor
- Parks, Edd Winfield.
Hayne's Adaptation of Chaucer's Franklin's Tale.
- Published
- Essays in Honor of Walter Clyde Curry (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1954), pp. 103-115.
- Description
- Shows how Paul Hamilton Hayne adapted FranT in his narrative poem "The Wife of Brittany" (1870), addressing his acknowledgement of Chaucer's influence, and his claims of originality. Focuses on modifications of the main characters, simplification of plot, and reduction of digression.
- Alternative Title
- Essays in Honor of Walter Clyde Curry
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Franklin and His Tale