"Sir Thopas," 901-2.

Author / Editor
Brookhouse, Christopher

Title
"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
Style and Versification