Variations on a Theme: Secrecy in Chaucer's 'Fabliaux'

Description: Three types of secret love can be found in TC and CT--KnT, MilT, RvT, MerT, FranT, ShT. The first type concentrates on secret feelings; the second, on illicit relations. The third, found particularly in TC, is distinct in that the story "follows the lovers after consummation, as they attempt to keep their affair secret."