Falstaff and Fox Fables: A New Source.
- Author / Editor
- King, Joyce.
Falstaff and Fox Fables: A New Source.
- Published
- Notes and Queries 263 (2018): 533-35.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's "daun Russel the fox" in NPT 7. 3334 belongs to a centuries-long cohort of foxes whose tastes and tendencies Shakespeare applies to his wily Falstaff.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Nun's Priest and His Tale