Chaucer's Epic Statement and the Political Milieu of the Late Fourteenth Century
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Paul.
Chaucer's Epic Statement and the Political Milieu of the Late Fourteenth Century
- Published
- Mediaevalia 5 (1979): 61-87.
- Description
- KnT offers a reflection of several problems in late fourteenth-century society and of a judge and commentator, Theseus, who is free because he can rationally interpret history. Through KnT and its inversion in MilT, Chaucer offers a mythos of peace applicable to the historical conflicts of his time.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.