"Rokkes Blake": Metonymy, Metaphor and Metaphysics in "The Franklin's Tale."

Author / Editor
Collins, Timothy.

Title
"Rokkes Blake": Metonymy, Metaphor and Metaphysics in "The Franklin's Tale."

Published
This Rough Magic (December 2012): n.p.

Description
Explores the functions and implications of the black rocks in FranT both as a symbol of universal evil and as a narrative device, arguing that the rocks have particularly rich and pervasive significations, anticipating the postmodern device of a "free floating signifier."

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale