Biblical Analogy and Secondary Allegory in Chaucer's The Knight's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Curtis, Carl C. III.
Biblical Analogy and Secondary Allegory in Chaucer's The Knight's Tale
- Published
- Christianity & Literature 57 (2008): 207-22.
- Description
- Biblical analogies embedded in KnT constitute an implied critique of the pre-Christian setting: Palamon and Arcite's first sight of Emelye accords with David's first sight of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:2); loving Emelye reorganizes Arcite's psyche and morals as love of Christ revolutionized Paul's (Philippians 3:3-9); the representation of "womman travaillynge" in Diana's temple recalls Revelation 12:1-2 and--as a sacramental image that both heathens and Christians would recognize--Romans 1:20. Familiar to the audience although not to the characters, these analogies point to broader moral allegory.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale