St. Erkenwald, A 'Tale of Two Souls'

Author / Editor
Tripp, Raymond P., Jr.

Title
St. Erkenwald, A 'Tale of Two Souls'

Published
Geardagum 14 (1993): 89-110.

Description
Assesses "St. Erkenwald" as hagiography, exploring in particular its orthodoxy and the relation of the Saint and the Judge. Also compares the "rationalism" of the poem with that of KnT and its elegiac qualities with those of BD.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Book of the Duchess
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations