A Franciscan Reads the 'Facetus'

Author / Editor
Olson, Glending.

Title
A Franciscan Reads the 'Facetus'

Published
Donka Minkova and Theresa Tinkle, eds. Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism: Studies in Honor of H. A. Kelly (Frankfurt and New York : Peter Lang, 2003), pp. 143-55.

Description
Olson examines Gerard of Odo's "Facetus, multa documenta," a commentary on Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics," as background to the Prioress's description in GP. The Franciscan commentary may indicate that the courtliness of the description is more than just satire.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism: Studies in Honor of H. A. Kelly.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.