Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
5-2003
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Mark DiCicco
Committee Members
Isabel B. Stanley, Jeffrey Powers-Beck
Abstract
Few of Chaucer’s works provoke such animosity as does his “Clerk’s Tale.” Modern critics are divided by the social and gender issues that to which the tale lends itself. However, the tale was immensely popular to Middle Age audiences and was one of the best loved of the Canterbury Tales. Therefore, to dismiss this tale’s literary values outright, as some critics have done, is a mistake. By examining the history of the Griselda story, Chaucer’s use of his source materials, and the tales placement within the Canterbury Tales, this thesis is an attempt to examine the tale in more culturally, religiously, and historically appropriate way.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Brandon, Robert R. II, ""And Gladly Wolde He Teche": Chaucer's Use of Source Materials in the "Clerk's Tale."" (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 748. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/748
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.