Confrontation, Contempt of Court, and Chaucer's Cecilia

Author / Editor
Beichner, Paul E., C.S.C.

Title
Confrontation, Contempt of Court, and Chaucer's Cecilia

Published
Chaucer Review 8 (1974): 198-204

Description
Through line-by-line comparison shows that in the trial scene of SNT Chaucer improves upon the Latin original by compression and emphasis which increase dramatic impact, Cecilia's contentiousness, and Almachius's stupidity.

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale
Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations