Griselda and Her Virtues.

Author / Editor
Matsuda, Takami

Title
Griselda and Her Virtues.

Published
Geibun-Kenkyu (Keio University) 73 (1997): 27-47.

Description
Compares nine versions of the Griselda narrative (including ClT), exploring what virtues in addition to patience are emphasized in each and arguing that shifts in emphasis account for the story’s medieval and early modern popularity. ClT emphasizes pathos, Griselda’s “status as wife” (recurrent uses of “wifely”), and her constancy (recurrent uses of “sad”).

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Language and Word Studies