The Education of Theseus in The Knight's Tale

Author / Editor
Murtaugh, Daniel M.

Title
The Education of Theseus in The Knight's Tale

Published
SELIM 10: 141-65, 2000.

Description
Reads Theseus as a uniquely dynamic character in KnT and in CT more generally--able to "change over time in response to experience." In the course of the Tale, Theseus achieves some of the detachment and insight that characterize the Knight.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.