"Sir Thopas," 901-2.
- Author / Editor
- Brookhouse, Christopher
"Sir Thopas," 901-2.
- Published
- Notes and Queries 210 (1965): 293-94.
- Description
- Shows that the humor of applying the phrase" flower of chivalry" to Sir Thopas (Tho 7.901-2) results from Chaucer's change of a "traditionally metaphoric phrase into a literal one."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Sir Thopas
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