Seen and Sometimes Heard: Piteous and Pert Children in Medieval English Literature

Author / Editor
Lee, Brian S.

Title
Seen and Sometimes Heard: Piteous and Pert Children in Medieval English Literature

Published
Children's Literature Association Quarterly 23 (1998): 40-48.

Description
Examines the diverse portrayals of children in medieval literature, commenting on how Chaucer questions the innocence of the "clergeoun" in PrT and how in LGW and MkT his pathos is more restrained than in his sources.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Prioress and Her Tale.
Legend of Good Women.
Monk and His Tale.