The Man in Black, Machaut's Knight, and Their Ladies
- Author / Editor
- Anderson, J. J.
The Man in Black, Machaut's Knight, and Their Ladies
- Published
- English Studies 73 (1992): 417-30.
- Description
- Unlike Machaut's knight, Chaucer's Black Knight, when describing his lady, shifts his attention from her outward appearance to her inner nature, as if he gradually comes to realize her value to him--a realization that helps him cope with her death.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.