"Sir Thopas": A Story for Young Children.
- Author / Editor
- Raybin, David.
"Sir Thopas": A Story for Young Children.
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 39 (2017): 225-48.
- Description
- Contends that Th is an entertaining, nonpedagogical story written for children, the earliest example in English literature. Explores how details of the tale might appeal to a young audience and posits that its manuscript layout was "calculated to appeal" to youth. Labels Part 7 of CT the "Children's Group," in which Chaucer explores how an adult "might choose to speak to children."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Sir Thopas
Manuscripts and Textual Studies