Chaucer's "Troilus," iv, 1585: A Biblical Allusion?
- Author / Editor
- Baugh, Albert C., and E. T. Donaldson.
Chaucer's "Troilus," iv, 1585: A Biblical Allusion?
- Published
- Modern Language Notes 76 (1961): 1-5.
- Description
- Challenges L. G. Evans' suggestion that TC 4.1585 alludes to Matthew 10.39 (MLN, vol. 74), Baugh arguing that the phrasing is the same as in a common proverb, and Donaldson that the emendation underlying Evans' suggestion ("lyf" for "lief") is untenable.
- Contributor
- Donaldson, E. Talbot.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
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