Chaucer and the French War: 'Sir Thopas' and 'Melibee'

Author / Editor
Scattergood, V. J.

Title
Chaucer and the French War: 'Sir Thopas' and 'Melibee'

Published
Glyn S. Burgess and others, eds. Court and Poet (Liverpool: Cairns, 1981), pp. 287-96.

Description
Th, a burlesque romance, and Mel, a moral allegory, express substantially the same ideas in their satiric evaluation of military heroes and affairs.

Alternative Title
Court and Poet.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.
Tale of Melibee.