The "Place" in "The Knight's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Dean, Christopher.
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