The Masculine Narrator and Four Women of Style

Author / Editor
Donaldson, E. Talbot.

Title
The Masculine Narrator and Four Women of Style

Published
Speaking of Chaucer (New York: Norton, 1970), pp. 46-64.

Description
Explores suggestive ambiguities in the characterizations of Emily in KnT, May in MerT, Criseyde in TC, and the Prioress in GP, considering narrative techniques, points of view, and ways that Chaucer adapts and manipulates the ideal of a romance heroine.

Alternative Title
Speaking of Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde
Prioress and Her Tale