Shadows of the Law: Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale, Exemplarity and Narrativity
- Author / Editor
- Reed, Teresa P.
Shadows of the Law: Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale, Exemplarity and Narrativity
- Published
- Mediaevalia 21 (1997): 231-48.
- Description
- Parallels between Mary and Constance exist not only in details but also in narrative strategy, since both women are subject to the complexities and contradictions of the exemplary mode. In addition, Constance is presented through metaphors of death, revealing the limits of law and the Man of Law's narrative capacity.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.