The Influence of the Saint's Legend Genre in the 'Man of Law's Tale'

Author / Editor
Paull, Michael R.

Title
The Influence of the Saint's Legend Genre in the 'Man of Law's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 5.3 (1971): 179-94.

Description
Shows how Chaucer's changes to Nicholas Trevet's version of the Constance narrative are influenced by the conventions of hagiography, including a tendency to allegory and heightened rhetoric. Assesses MLT as melodrama.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations