Geoffrey Chaucer on the Subject of Men, Women, Marriage, and "Gentilesse."

Author / Editor
Silvia, D. S.

Title
Geoffrey Chaucer on the Subject of Men, Women, Marriage, and "Gentilesse."

Published
Revue des Langues Vivantes 33 (1967): 228-36.

Description
Considers "gentilesse" (the "quality that makes human relationships most proper and ennobling") to be the main theme of the "Marriage Group" in CT, commenting on the virtue as it is presented in Mel, NPT, WBPT, ClT, MerT, and FranT, and exploring its relations with sovereignty in marriage.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Tale of Melibee
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Clerk and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale