Knight's Tale A1037: "fresher than the May."

Author / Editor
Waldron, R. A.

Title
Knight's Tale A1037: "fresher than the May."

Published
English Studies 46 (1965): 401-06.

Description
Shows that lexical and stylistic evidence supports reading "the May" in KnT 1.1037 as "hawthorn blossom," rendering Emelye lovelier than lily, rose or hawthorn in bloom.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Language and Word Studies