Chaucer, the Liturgy (Again), and Constance's Ever-Increasing Pathos: 'The Man of Law's Tale' II (B1) 846-47

Author / Editor
Harty, Kevin J.

Title
Chaucer, the Liturgy (Again), and Constance's Ever-Increasing Pathos: 'The Man of Law's Tale' II (B1) 846-47

Published
Studies in Short Fiction 31 (1994): 489-90.

Description
Although other allusions to the liturgy of Holy Week have been found in MLT, an allusion previously unnoted occurs when Constance is set adrift with her infant son, another instance of Chaucer's adding to the pathos of Constance's situation.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale.