Chaucer's 'Sir Thopas' and 'La Prise de Neuvile'
- Author / Editor
- Burrow, J. A.
Chaucer's 'Sir Thopas' and 'La Prise de Neuvile'
- Published
- Claude Rawson, ed. English Satire and the Satiric Tradition. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1984), pp. 44-55. Also in Yearbook of English Studies 14 (1984): 44-55.
- Description
- Th, according to L. H. Loomis, follows no previous pattern of burlesque. This article disputes Lommis's contention through comparison with "prise de Neuvile" in action, language, opening address, catalogues, descriptions, parody, abrupt ending, and comedy.
- Contributor
- Rawson, Claude,ed.
- Alternative Title
- English Satire and the Satiric Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Sir Thopas.