The Frame Narrative: History and Theory

Author / Editor
Gittes, Katharine Slater.

Title
The Frame Narrative: History and Theory

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 44 (1983): 1444A.

Description
Frame narratives (Arabic in origin) display open-endedness, structural looseness, and autonomy of component tales. In CT, Chaucer combines Arabic, classical, and Christian elements and draws on their mutual tensions.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.