The Child Tragic Ballad: A Comparison with Medieval Literary Tragedy--Boccaccio, Chaucer, Lydgate.

Author / Editor
Caldwell, Harry Boynton.

Title
The Child Tragic Ballad: A Comparison with Medieval Literary Tragedy--Boccaccio, Chaucer, Lydgate.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 29.03 (1968): 865A.

Description
Defines "ballad tragedy" in comparison with late-medieval "De casibus" tragedies, using ballads collected by Francis James Child and, among other works, Chaucer's MkT and TC.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde