Theban Genealogy in the 'Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Anderson, David.

Title
Theban Genealogy in the 'Knight's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 21 (1987): 311-20.

Description
By cryptic genealogic allusions, Chaucer challenges his readers to perceive parallels between the fraternal conflict of Palamon and Arcite and the similar disastrous divisiveness that troubled their forebears, notably Eteocles and Polynices.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.