Appearance, Reality, and the Ideal in Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale."

Author / Editor
Howard, Ronnalie Roper.

Title
Appearance, Reality, and the Ideal in Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale."

Published
Ball State University Forum 8.3 (1967): 40-44.

Description
Argues that each of the major characters in FranT falls "short of an ideal standard," and that, although the Franklin "recognizes excellence," his Tale expresses an "amused recognition of human inability to live up to ideal standards."

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale