Dorigen's 'Grisly Rokkes Blake' Again

Author / Editor
Friedman, John B.

Title
Dorigen's 'Grisly Rokkes Blake' Again

Published
Chaucer Review 31 (1996): 133-44.

Description
Dorigen's home is in "lower" Brittany around Carnac and the Locmariaquer peninsula, an area replete with menhirs and dolmens. These megalithic pagan structures are the "grisly rokkes blake," and Dorigen's fear of them is both physical and spiritual.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.