Autobiographical Aspects of Chaucer's Franklin.
- Author / Editor
- Blenner-Hassett, Roland.
Autobiographical Aspects of Chaucer's Franklin.
- Published
- Speculum 28, no. 4 (1953): 791-800.
- Description
- Identifies several examples of "semi-legal" or "quasi-legal language" and a "legalistic turn of mind" in the Franklin's association with the Man of Law, his exchanges with Host, and the "explicit use of legal formulae" in FranT. Argues that Chaucer's own familiarity with issues of "behest," "release" and "quit-claim"--evident in documents related to Cecily Chaumpaigne--align with the Franklin's and reveal how subtly Chaucer transform life into art.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale
Man of Law and His Tale
Language and Word Studies
Chaucer's Life