The Masculine Narrator and Four Women of Style
- Author / Editor
- Donaldson, E. Talbot.
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