Aurelius' Quest for 'Grace': Sexuality and the Marriage Debate in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Rudat, Wolfgang E. H.

Title
Aurelius' Quest for 'Grace': Sexuality and the Marriage Debate in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
CEA Critic 45 (1982): 16-22.

Description
Sexual frustration during Arveragus's absence motivates Dorigen's verbal infidelity. Aurelius, however, can neither accept her from her husband nor pay the magician with whom the squire has lowered himself to deal.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.