The Wolf in the Fold: John Gay in 'The Shepherd's Week' and 'Trivia'
- Author / Editor
- McWhir, Anne.
The Wolf in the Fold: John Gay in 'The Shepherd's Week' and 'Trivia'
- Published
- SEL: Studies in English Literature 23 (1983): 413-23.
- Description
- Explores comic allusions in John Gay's pastorals "The Shepherd's Week" and "Trivia," along the way identifying "several allusions" to Chaucer's work in "The Shepherd's Week"--allusions to the Wife of Bath's red stockings, the use of "queynte" and the description of Alisoun in MilT, and a proverb from MerT for parodic effects.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion