Chaucerian Solempnytee and the Illusion of Order in Shakespeare's Athena and Verona
- Author / Editor
- Moisan, Thomas E.
Chaucerian Solempnytee and the Illusion of Order in Shakespeare's Athena and Verona
- Published
- Upstart Crow 7 : 36-49, 1987.
- Description
- Rhetorically and thematically, the association of Theseus with solempnytee in KnT strains against the chaotic forces at work in the world of the Tale. Shakespeare opens the gap between Theseus's solemnity and comedy in A Midsummer Night's Dream for subversive effect; in Romeo and Juliet, solemnity becomes ironic.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.