On the Franklin's Prologue, 716-721, Persius, and the Continuity of the Mannerist Style
- Author / Editor
- Wright, Constance S.
On the Franklin's Prologue, 716-721, Persius, and the Continuity of the Mannerist Style
- Published
- Philological Quarterly 52 (1973): 739-46.
- Description
- Treats Chaucer's use of the humility topos in FranP as an example of "mannerist style," focusing on his uses of the terms "crude" and "excused" and his reference to Mount Parnassus. Exemplifies the rich classical background of these features, and suggests that the device signals that the Franklin "will not be telling the truth," and that Chaucer did not know Persius's "Satires" firsthand.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
- Style and Versification