The Reputation of Queen Esther in the Middle Ages: 'The Merchant's Tale' IV (E). 1742-45
- Author / Editor
- Harty, Kevin J.
The Reputation of Queen Esther in the Middle Ages: 'The Merchant's Tale' IV (E). 1742-45
- Published
- Ball State University Forum 19.2 (1978): 65-68.
- Description
- In medieval tradition Esther is admirable and virtuous. She is invoked twice in MerT for the ironic comparison she offers to May, not as an undoer of men.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Merchant and His Tale.