'The Canterbury Tales' in 'The Faerie Queene'

Author / Editor
Hieatt, A. Kent.

Title
'The Canterbury Tales' in 'The Faerie Queene'

Published
Richardson, David A., ed. Spenser and the Middle Ages: Proceedings from a Special Session at the Eleventh Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan 2-5 May 1976 (Cleveland: Cleveland State University, 1976), pp. 216-29.

Description
Argues that Spenser emulated a four-part mythic pattern of Chaucer's KnT in his own version of SqT, as well as elsewhere in Books 3-4 of "The Faerie Queene," where Spenser also reflects the influence of Chaucer's concerns in the Marriage Group (particularly FranT) and PF.

Contributor
Richardson, David A., ed.

Alternative Title
Spenser and the Middle Ages: Proceedings from a Special Session at the Eleventh Conference on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan 2-5 May 1976.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Knight and His Tale
Squire and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale
Parliament of Fowls