Sacrificial Desire in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

Author / Editor
Fradenburg, L. O. Aranye.

Title
Sacrificial Desire in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

Published
Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith, eds. Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates (New York; Routledge, 2014.), pp. 455-69.

Description
Examines the "logic of sacrifice" that motivates actions in KnT, arguing that previous criticism "has done insufficient justice to the vile enjoyment and identificatory power" of KnT.

Alternative Title
Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale