The Heroine in "The Knight's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Cameron, Allen Barry.
The Heroine in "The Knight's Tale."
- Published
- Studies in Short Fiction 5.2 (1968): 119-27.
- Description
- Assesses the "artistic function" of Emily in KnT, focusing on her place in the theme of order. As the poem moves from chaos to order, she symbolizes "psychological and cosmic order" and serves as an "exemplar of Fortune." As "natural woman," she also is the "object" of courtly love and a "member of society."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale