Wardship and Raptus in the Physician's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Kline, Daniel T.
Wardship and Raptus in the Physician's Tale
- Published
- Joel T. Rosenthal, ed. Essays on Medieval Childhood: Responses to Recent Debates (Donington, Lincolnshire: Shaun Tyas, 2007), pp. 108-23.
- Description
- Chaucer's additions to his sources in PhyT emphasize the "domestic contours" of the story. PhyT is a critique of the "social efficacy of the patriarchal family." Virginius first fails to protect his daughter and then murders her; he is "no better a governor of his family than Apius is of the region." The court case in PhyT reflects Chaucer's own experiences with court proceedings that involve raptus.
- Contributor
- Rosenthal, Joel T., ed.
- Alternative Title
- Essays on Medieval Childhood: Responses to Recent Debates.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Physician and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations
- Chaucer's Life.