Chaucer's The knight's tale and the limits of human order in the pagan world
Subtitle: Athenian order, Theban love, Christian cosmos
By: Carl C. Curtis III ; with a foreword by Gwendolyn A. Morgan.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780773450592
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- d. 1400; Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- d. 1400 -- Knowledge -- Paganism; Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- d. 1400 -- Religion; Tales, Medieval -- Classical influences; Knights and knighthood in literature; Heroes in literature; Tales, Medieval -- Themes, motives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The heroic ideal and the heroic life: prima pars; title: The two allegories: prima pars and pars secunda; title: The constitution of Athens: pars tercia; title: The failure and refounding of Athens: pars quarta.