Truth and Illusion in 'The Franklin's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Kearney, A. M.
Truth and Illusion in 'The Franklin's Tale'
- Published
- Essays in Criticism 19 (1969): 245-53.
- Description
- Argues that tensions within FranT indicate that Chaucer was subtly reinforcing the notion that male sovereignty in marriage is, realistically, advisable when combined with mutual trust and cooperation between the partners.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale