The sonnets of Petrarch describe an unattainable woman who is in comparison with a goddess in ways. In the sonnets translated by Thomas...

The prologue and tale from the Wife of Bath was lengthy yet intriguing. I believe some of Alisoun’s tale could have been shortened but...

Geoffrey Chaucer brings another asoect to medieval romance with The Franklin's Tale. In this tale there is true nobility and the...

Geoffrey Chaucer certainly brought a different aspect to medieval romance in The Clerk’s Tale than Marie de France has. This tale was...

In Chevrefoil Marie de France uses the story of Tristham and Isuet. If you have no prior knowledge to the story you may find yourself...

In Chaitivel, Marie de France takes a different twist than in previous lais. She tells a lai where a young maiden is in love with 4...

In Laustic Marie de France tells a tale including adultery and love yet leaves the story ending in an unusual way leaving the mind to...

In Yonec, Marie de France switches back to the main role of the story being female. Though there is adultery and betrayal from the young...

The lai Lanval by Marie de France displays the supernatural as in Bisclarvet and also as before tells the woe of medieval romance with a...

In Bisclavret, Marie de France switches the dominant character role from a women to a man. This lai shows the trickery and deceit done by...