Sisterhood and Brotherhood in the "Knight's Tale."

Author / Editor
Chism, Christine.

Title
Sisterhood and Brotherhood in the "Knight's Tale."

Published
In The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu, 2017.

Physical Description
[10 pp.]

Description
Treats the breaking of sisterhood (Emelye and Hippolyta) and brotherhood (Palamon and Arcite) in KnT as Chaucer's adaptations of Ciceronian ideals in order to "intensify questions of desire agency and social justice" in the face of worldly mutability. Designed for pedagogical use, includes several questions for discussion.

Alternative Title
The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations