The Bari Widow and the 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Rosenberg, Bruce A.

Title
The Bari Widow and the 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 14 (1980): 344-52.

Description
Among the oral-tradition analogues for FranT is the story of the Bari Widow, similar to it in ways that Boccaccio's version is not. Analysis of Chaucer's adept use of it and other oral-tradition stories demonstrates the mastery of his creation.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.