Vows, Boasts, and Taunts, and the Role of Women in Some Medieval Literature

Author / Editor
Murphy, Michael.

Title
Vows, Boasts, and Taunts, and the Role of Women in Some Medieval Literature

Published
English Studies 66 (1985): 105-12.

Description
Distinguishes between vow and boast in literary convention, traced down to the burlesques in "The Tournament of Tottenham" and Chaucer's Th. Considers the role of women as "taunters."

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.