Chaucer's Epic Statement and the Political Milieu of the Late Fourteenth Century

Author / Editor
Olson, Paul.

Title
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.