Imprisoning and Ensnarement in 'Troilus' and 'The Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Van, Thomas A.

Title
Imprisoning and Ensnarement in 'Troilus' and 'The Knight's Tale'

Published
Papers on Language and Literature 7 (1971): 3-12.

Description
Traces the imagery and diction of hunting, snaring, imprisoning, and entrapment in TC and KnT, showing how it informs the concern with destiny, freedom, and interpersonal manipulation in the poems.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Style and Versification