Some Chaucerian Echoes in 'The Merchant of Venice'

Author / Editor
Burnet, R. A. L.

Title
Some Chaucerian Echoes in 'The Merchant of Venice'

Published
Notes and Queries 227 (1982): 115-16.

Description
Although Ann Thompson's "Shakespeare's Chaucer: A Study in Literary Origins" explores parallels between TC and LGW and "The Merchant of Venice," it does not note the Chaucerian echoes in Portia's warning of Bassanio (5.1.23Off.), which is similar to the Wife of Bath's warning to her husband.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.