Love's (and Law's) Illusions in Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Caldwell, Ellen M.
Love's (and Law's) Illusions in Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale."
- Published
- Studies in Philology 116.2 (2019): 209-26.
- Description
- Examines the concept of intent and the illusion that is the marriage between Dorigen and Arveragus in order to argue that the message is one not of equality in marriage but of the happiness gained when the woman submits to her husband's authority. When put in its legal context, the concept of mercy also proves to be an illusion.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale