Re-Writing Griselda : Trials of the Grey Battle Maiden

Author / Editor
Godorecci, Barbara J.

Title
Re-Writing Griselda : Trials of the Grey Battle Maiden

Published
RLA: Romance Languages Annual 8 (1996):192-96.

Description
Assesses the modifications of Boccaccio's tale of Griselda (Decameron 10.10) in the translations of Petrarch and Chaucer, focusing on the uses and nuances of the verb "provare" (to prove) and its associations with "probus" (good). In ClT, Chaucer's uses of "assaye," "tempte," and "preve" subtly reorient the meaning of the narrative.

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