'Amonges Othere Wordes Wyse': The Medieval Seneca and the 'Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Wilson, Grace G.

Title
'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.