'Thir they Byen Thralls . . .' Chaucer's Boethian Poems and Usk's 'Testament of Love': Foundations of English Prison Literature
- Author / Editor
- Dennis, Phillip Scott.
'Thir they Byen Thralls . . .' Chaucer's Boethian Poems and Usk's 'Testament of Love': Foundations of English Prison Literature
- Published
- DAI A74.11 (2014): n.p.
- Description
- Examines the titular writings as early examples of English prison writing, with an eye toward political implications of the texts and the establishment of a relationship between social status and "carceral experience" in these works. Includes discussion of Chaucer's legal expertise and many works of his works, with extended commentary on SNT and KnT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
- Boece
- Second Nun and Her Tale
- Knight and His Tale