Of Bretherhede: The Friendship Motif in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Friman, Anne.

Title
Of Bretherhede: The Friendship Motif in Chaucer

Published
Innisfree 3 (1976): 24-36.

Description
The friendship-brotherhood motif plays a significant role in Chaucer's poetry. A survey of this theme suggests that friendship between men, whether genuine or simulated, has a negative and even destructive influence on the characters.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.