'The Franklin's Tale,' Line 1469: Forms of Address in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Pearsall, Derek.

Title
'The Franklin's Tale,' Line 1469: Forms of Address in Chaucer

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 17 (1995): 69-78.

Description
Surveys the use of the vocative, "thou" and "you" forms, and other "unadorned" forms of address in Chaucer's works to argue that in FranT Arveragus adopts an authoritative tone in sending Dorigen to meet Aurelius to fulfill her promise.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.
Language and Word Studies.