'Amonges Othere Wordes Wyse': The Medieval Seneca and the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Wilson, Grace G.
'Amonges Othere Wordes Wyse': The Medieval Seneca and the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 28 (1993): 135-45.
- Description
- Chaucer's references to Seneca in CT outnumber those to any other philosopher save Solomon. Except for the references in ParsT and Mel, the use of Seneca generally serves as an amusing way of condemning characters who quote him.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.