Chaucer's "Knight's Tale": A Philosophical Re-appraisal of a Medieval Romance.
- Author / Editor
- Cozart, William R.
Chaucer's "Knight's Tale": A Philosophical Re-appraisal of a Medieval Romance.
- Published
- Rosario P. Armato and John M. Spalek, eds. Medieval Epic to the "Epic Theater" of Brecht: Essays in Comparative Literature (Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, 1968), pp. 25-34.
- Description
- Suggests that the notion of making a "virtue of necessity" in TC and Theseus's "First Mover" speech reflect late-medieval nominalism and express concern with the precariousness of human life and its relation to "Ultimate Justice." Ending on a "pessimistic note," Theseus's speech may indicate the need for faith.
- Contributor
- Armato, Rosario P., ed.
Spalek, John M., ed.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Epic to the "Epic Theater" of Brecht: Essays in Comparative Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale
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