The Rise of the Middle Class in Middle English Literature

Author / Editor
Olsen, Alexandra H.

Title
The Rise of the Middle Class in Middle English Literature

Published
Geardagum 17 (1996): 51-56.

Description
Discusses references to the middle class in Arthurian literature and relates to SqT, Th, and ShT to the medieval "commercial revolution." Arcite, in KnT, is a type of Horatio Alger, beginning as a page, gaining status, and marrying into nobility.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.