The "Place" in "The Knight's Tale."

Author / Editor
Dean, Christopher.

Title
The "Place" in "The Knight's Tale."

Published
Notes and Queries 211 (1966): 90-92.

Description
Assesses the five uses of "place" as a locational noun in the description of the tournament in KnT, arguing that it has a "precise technical meaning," i.e., the "grassy ground of the arena within the lists." This meaning is also found in Middle English descriptions of theatrical performance.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Language and Word Studies