The Prayer of Chaucer's Emelye to Diana
- Author / Editor
- Boyd, Beverly.
The Prayer of Chaucer's Emelye to Diana
- Published
- Res Publica Litterarum: Studies in the Classical Tradition 17 (1994): 147-52.
- Description
- Considers Emelye's prayer in KnT in light of both Boccaccio's "Teseida" and the fertility symbolism in Chaucer's tale, concluding that the prayer should be understood in terms of Diana's various mythological powers, while the answer should be understood in terms of her role as goddess of childbirth.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.