Date of Award
4-23-1971
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
John D. McCabe
Abstract
In their search for the meaning of Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" scholars and critics have assumed the serious and noble intent of the poem noting only briefly its wide range of humor . A substantial amount of the critical material which discusses this tale is directed towards a rationalization and explication of the amazingly high number of incongruities which seem to adhere to the poem . Dryden's judgment of the "Knight ' s Tale" as nearly of the "eqique kind" seems to have, even today, a great influence upon critical positions .
Recommended Citation
Theys, Steven Allen, "Irony in Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale"" (1971). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2895.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2895
Comments
An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.