The Limits of Narration: Lists and Literary History.

Author / Editor
Von Contzen, Eva.

Title
The Limits of Narration: Lists and Literary History.

Published
Style 50.3 (2016): 241-60.

Description
Analyzes the list of trees in KnT and discusses as counterpoint the lists in PF. Contends that KnT refigures the trope of epic listing to insert a tragic tone into Chaucer's retelling of Boccaccio's "Teseida."

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Parliament of Fowls
Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations