Letter. (Response to Katharine Gittes, "The 'Canterbury Tales' and the Arabic Frame Tradition," PMLA 98 (1983): 237-51

Author / Editor
Dawood, Ibrahim.

Title
Letter. (Response to Katharine Gittes, "The 'Canterbury Tales' and the Arabic Frame Tradition," PMLA 98 (1983): 237-51

Published
PMLA 99 (1984): 109.

Description
The open-ended frame of CT derives ultimately from Indo-European rather than Arabic aesthetic; Arabic influence on medieval Europe is nonetheless significant.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.