Presence, Absence, and Difference: Reception and Deception in The Franklin's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Gravlee, Cynthia A.
Presence, Absence, and Difference: Reception and Deception in The Franklin's Tale
- Published
- James J. Paxson and Cynthia A. Gravlee, eds. Desiring Discourse: The Literature of Love, Ovid Through Chaucer (Selinsgrove, Penn.: Susquehanna University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1998), pp. 177-87.
- Description
- Argues that the "horizon of expectations" (a concept derived from Hans Jauss) of FranT is never fulfilled by the narrative. Although the Franklin strives to meet social and generic expectations, he leaves his Tale open-ended--Chaucer's means of encouraging his readers to seek beyond the limited assumptions of his narrator.
- Alternative Title
- Desiring Discourse: The Literature of Love, Ovid Through Chaucer.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale.