Source, Context, and Cultural Translation in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Edwards, Robert R.

Title
Source, Context, and Cultural Translation in the 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
Modern Philology 94 (1996): 141-62.

Description
Although the influence of Boccaccio's "Filocolo" on TC is uncertain, examination of various manuscripts of "Filocolo" suggests that Chaucer uses the love questions of "Filocolo" 4 as a source of FranT. Moreover, translating the culture of Book 4 into FranT enables Chaucer to interrogate the world of FranT.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.