Extant Analogues of the Franklin's Tale in the Turkish Oral Tradition

Author / Editor
Walker, Warren S.

Title
Extant Analogues of the Franklin's Tale in the Turkish Oral Tradition

Published
Chaucer Review 33: 432-37, 1999.

Description
Turkish tales that parallel the folkloric formula at the end of FranT-"Which was the noblest act?"-generally treat who is the most ignoble. So many Turkish stories fall into this category that Chaucer's Knight may have "previewed a performance" during one of his military campaigns.

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