Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity

Author / Editor
Tracy, Larissa.

Title
Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity

Published
Cambridge: Brewer, 2012.

Physical Description
x, 326 pp.

Description
Chapter 5 focuses on comic uses of brutality in CT, particularly in MilT and KnT. Also addresses how Chaucer refers to torture in MLT, but rejects excessive brutality in PrT.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Knight and His Tale
Man of Law and His Tale
Prioress and Her Tale