Chaucer's 'Fortune'

Author / Editor
Ruud, Jay.

Title
Chaucer's 'Fortune'

Published
Explicator 43:1 (1984): 8-9.

Description
Those who insist on reading historical allusions into For's concluding stanza miss C̀haucer's subtle plea that charity, and not Fortune's favor, be the motivating force in human affairs.

Chaucer Subjects
Lyrics and Short Poems.