Towards an Interpretation of "Sir Launfal."

Author / Editor
Lucas, Peter J.

Title
Towards an Interpretation of "Sir Launfal."

Published
Medium Aevum 39 (1970): 291-300.

Description
Argues that "it may well be" that Chaucer's use of the verb "take" in Thopas 7.795 is parodic, meaning "inclination or attraction (towards)" rather than "attach oneself (to)" in a "binding relationship"--the latter sense evidently intended in "Sir Launfal."

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas
Language and Word Studies