'The Clerk's Tale': An Obituary to 'Gentilesse'
- Author / Editor
- Fichte, Joerg O.
'The Clerk's Tale': An Obituary to 'Gentilesse'
- Published
- William C. Johnson and Loren C. Gruber, eds. "New" Views on Chaucer: Essays in Generative Criticism (Denver: Society for New Language Study, 1973), pp. 9-16.
- Description
- Argues that ClT demonstrates that "gentilesse" is "inoperable in a capricious and volatile" society, evident in Griselda's treatment by Walter and his people. An ideal virtue, "gentilesse" is impossible, even for Griselda, who lacks pity.
- Alternative Title
- New Views on Chaucer: Essays in Generative Criticism.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale
- Language and Word Studies