Shrewd Negotiation in the Guise of 'Gentilesse' in Chaucer's 'Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Kudo, Yoshinobu.

Title
Shrewd Negotiation in the Guise of 'Gentilesse' in Chaucer's 'Franklin's Tale'

Published
PoeticaT 77 (2012): 27-46.

Description
Reconsiders the social status of franklins in the late medieval period and points out that their gentility is ambiguous. Discusses the value of "gentilesse" in FranT by comparing the tale with Boccaccian analogues, taking into account the characterizations of the franklins in "The Tale of Gamelyn and "The Merchant and His Son."

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale
Language and Word Studies
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations