The Romance of Anxiety in Chaucer's Franklin's Tale

Author / Editor
Martin, Ellen E.

Title
The Romance of Anxiety in Chaucer's Franklin's Tale

Published
Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal, eds. Voices in Translation: The Authority of "Olde Bookes" in Medieval Literature (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 117-36.

Description
Capitalizing on foregoing treatment of fidelity and intention, the ending of FranT poses a hypothetical and interminable debate over reading the characters. In this concluding turn, Chaucer points up an essential link between the characters' selves and the interpreting of them.

Alternative Title
Voices in Translation: The Authority of "Olde Bookes" in Medieval Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.