Of Sin and Courtliness: Henryson's Tale of the Cock and the Fox

Author / Editor
Newlyn, Evelyn S.

Title
Of Sin and Courtliness: Henryson's Tale of the Cock and the Fox

Published
Jean-Jacques Blanchot and Claude Graf, eds. Actes du 2e Colloque de langue et de litterature ecossaises (moyen age et renaissance) (Universite de Strasbourg, 1978), pp. 268-77.

Description
Whereas Henryson's tale focuses on flattery and pride, and with the relationship of these sins to language, Chaucer's NPT--a likely source for Henryson--emphasizes the rhetoric of heroic poetry and the question of women's opinions. These different emphases are reflected in the structures of the two poems.

Alternative Title
Actes du 2e Colloque de langue et de litterature ecossaises (moyen age et renaissance).

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.