"Famulier foo": Wives, Male Subordinates, and Political Theory in the "Merchant's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Sidhu, Nicole.
"Famulier foo": Wives, Male Subordinates, and Political Theory in the "Merchant's Tale."
- Published
- Chaucer Review 54.3 (2019): 292-314.
- Description
- Concentrates on Damian in MerT to show how the tale links critique of hierarchical marriage to critique of medieval estates theory. Contends that the tale counters
problems with vertical governance through horizontal governance.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Merchant and His Tale