'Ther Nis Namoore to Seye': Closure in the 'Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Frakes, Jerold C.

Title
'Ther Nis Namoore to Seye': Closure in the 'Knight's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 22 (1987): 1-7.

Description
KnT's structure is paratactic, and the end is repeatedly called for but not brought into being. As a result, the ending is merely a ceasing of action, not closure, which would satisfy our need for aesthetic and philosophical completeness.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.