The Role of Proverbs in Middle English Narrative
- Author / Editor
- Garner, Lori Ann.
The Role of Proverbs in Middle English Narrative
- Published
- Mark C. Amodio, ed. New Directions in Oral Theory (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005), pp.255-77.
- Series
- Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, no. 287.
- Description
- Contrasts uses of proverbs in TC and in "Havelock the Dane." In the latter, proverbs affirm traditional wisdom and elicit the reader's trust. Chaucer uses proverbs in more complex ways, presenting them as contradictions or in striking juxtapositions that help to create rich characters while undercutting traditional wisdom.
- Contributor
- Amodio, Mark C., ed.
- Alternative Title
- New Directions in Oral Theory.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.