A British Analogue for the Rock-Motif in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Reisner, Thomas A.,and Mary Ellen Reisner.

Title
A British Analogue for the Rock-Motif in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
Studies in Philology 76 (1979): 1-12.

Description
The eighth-century legend of St. Balred, who moved a rock dangerous to sailors, may have suggested to Chaucer the motif for Aurelius' task.

Contributor
Reisner, Mary Ellen.

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