Loose Ends: Practical Reason and Inner Debate in Medieval Romance

Author / Editor
Ciccone, Nancy Ferguson.

Title
Loose Ends: Practical Reason and Inner Debate in Medieval Romance

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 55 (1995): 2820A.

Description
Since secular narratives treat behavior, twelfth-century scholars regarded them as practical philosophy. Thus, internal debate and decision-making in both French and English romance are often based on theology and philosophy.
Includes discussion of FranT, Mel, and TC.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Franklin and His Tale.
Tale of Melibee.
Troilus and Criseyde.