The 'Sermons' of English Romance

Author / Editor
Jennings, Margaret (C.S.J.)

Title
The 'Sermons' of English Romance

Published
Florilegium 43 (1994): 121-40

Description
Thematic sermon structure, as delineated in English "artes praedicandi," influenced romances as well as other genres. This influence can be seen in "Sir Amadace," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," KnT (Theseus's speech on order), WBT (the loathly lady's lecture), TC (Criseyde's discourse on jealousy 3.987-1054), and Robert Henryson's "Testament of Cresseid."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Knight and His Tale.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Troilus and Criseyde.