On '. . . redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie' - Attitudes to War in Middle English Romance

Author / Editor
Witalisz, Wladyslaw.

Title
On '. . . redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie' - Attitudes to War in Middle English Romance

Published
Marcin Krygier and Liliana Sikorska, eds. Naked Wordes in Englissh (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2005), pp. 169-80.

Description
Witalisz explores ambivalent attitudes toward war in Middle English romances, particularly those concerned with Troy or King Arthur. Chaucer's attitude is "only implicit," and the anti-war stance attributed to him is based on "his deliberate silence on the subject."

Alternative Title
Naked Wordes in Englissh.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.