'The Kingis Quair': The Plight of the Courtly Lover

Author / Editor
James, Clair F.

Title
'The Kingis Quair': The Plight of the Courtly Lover

Published
David Chamberlain, ed. New Readings of Late Medieval Love Poems (Lanham, Md.; New York; and London: University Press of America, 1993), pp. 95-118.

Description
Argues for an ironic reading of "The Kingis Quair," interpreting Minerva as an ally of Venus. TC influenced the author's view of Minerva, and the protagonist's decision to follow his will rather than reason places him in sinful subjection to fortune.

Alternative Title
New Readings of Late Medieval Love Poems.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.