'A Woman True and Fair': Chaucer's Portrayal of Dorigen in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Lee, Anne Thompson.

Title
'A Woman True and Fair': Chaucer's Portrayal of Dorigen in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 19 (1984): 169-78.

Description
Most critical opinion has followed Kittredge's 1912 evaluation of FranT as Chaucer's treatment of ideal marriage. FranT is actually about what it is like to be married, and its center is Dorigen, Chaucer's unique portrayal of a genuinely good, loving, and lovable woman.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.