The Marriage Irony in the Tales of the Merchant and Franklin

Author / Editor
Schmidt, Gary D.

Title
The Marriage Irony in the Tales of the Merchant and Franklin

Published
Anne C. Hargrove and Maurine Magliocco, eds. Portraits of Marriage in Literature (Macomb: Western Illinois University, 1984), pp. 97-105.

Description
Chaucer uses enfolding irony in MerT and FranT to examine the good marriage, with insights on courtly love and adultery through shifting perspectives and character conflict.

Contributor
Hargrove, Anne C.,
Magliocco, Maurine,ed.
ed.

Alternative Title
Portraits of Marriage in Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale.
Franklin and His Tale.