The Franklin's Tale: Chaucer or the Critics

Author / Editor
White, Gertrude M.

Title
The Franklin's Tale: Chaucer or the Critics

Published
PMLA 89.3 (1974): 454-62.

Description
Contrasts the "opposing principles of conduct" that underlie the main characters in FranT and MerT, arguing that the "values" expressed there are "dramatized and explored" throughout CT. Moreover, the view of "gentilesse" expressed in FranT sums up the courtly ideals of honor, truth, courtesy, and freedom, which are corroborated in several of Chaucer's lyrics: Truth, Gent, and Sted,

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Truth
Gentilesse
Lak of Stedfastnesse