The Evolution of a Concept: "Gentilesse" in Chaucer's Poetry.

Author / Editor
Schaefer, Willene.

Title
The Evolution of a Concept: "Gentilesse" in Chaucer's Poetry.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 27.11 (1967): 3850-51A.

Description
Investigates Chaucer's concept of "gentilesse" in light of his sources in Boethius, Dante, and Jean de Meun, and compares his notion with those found in the poetry of his contemporaries. Treats "gentilesse" as a secular virtue, although similar to several Christian ideals, and relabels the "Marriage Group" of CT the "'Gentilesse' Group," while assessing the concept throughout Chaucer's corpus.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Gentilesse
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Clerk and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations