The Franklin's Tale: Transformation of Aurelius

Author / Editor
Kanno, Masahiko.

Title
The Franklin's Tale: Transformation of Aurelius

Published
Michio Kawai, ed. Language and Style in English Literature: Essays in Honour of Michio Masui. The English Association of Hiroshima (Tokyo: Eihosha, 1991), pp. 306-21.

Description
After examining the original, rhetorical, and, and contextual meanings of "gentil" and its related words, Kanno discusses how Aurelius, who is at first destitute of generosity, is transformed into a gentle squire.
Reprinted in Kanno's Studies in Chaucer's Words (Tokyo: Eihosha, 1996), pp. 70-84.

Alternative Title
Language and Style in English Literature: Essays in Honour of Michio Masui.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Franklin and His Tale.