The Franklin's Solution to the 'Marriage Debate'

Author / Editor
Tripp, Raymond P., Jr.

Title
The Franklin's Solution to the 'Marriage Debate'

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. 35-41.

Description
Argues that FranT depicts a "non-solution" to the "marriage debate"; although they seek to escape them in various ways, the characters are not free from the "tyrannies of love" and sexuality that are part of the human condition.

Alternative Title
New Views on Chaucer: Essays in Generative Criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale