Medieval Visual Arts and the Barred Window in Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Zhang, John Z.

Title
Medieval Visual Arts and the Barred Window in Chaucer's 'The Knight's Tale'

Published
English Language Notes 28 (1991): 10-17.

Description
Suggests that the prison window in KnT "alludes to certain medieval paintings that reveal the meaning of the scene"; also discusses symbolism and allegory in KnT.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.