The Knight's Tale: The Dialogue of Romance, Epic, and Philosophy

Author / Editor
Finlayson, John.

Title
The Knight's Tale: The Dialogue of Romance, Epic, and Philosophy

Published
Chaucer Review 27 (1992): 126-49.

Description
KnT--a romance like none other in English--is clearly designed to set forth the Knight's "declaration of intent." An attempt to "order existence," KnT eschews both the "cosmic harmony" of the traditional romance and the "imminent defeat" of the epic in favor of the "heroic-tragic" view, which reflects the "inevitable collision between a harmonious ideal of society and human reality."

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.