... befits a story which has as its primary motivation the denigration of this class, as anything else. Nevertheless, despite the issue of authorial motivation' it may certainly seem to the modern reader that the Reeves tale, by way of its own destructive force, also destroys the pretensions of the marriage within it and reveals its fundamentally social characteristics and motivations. In this ... could lie with her at night For he`d have heaven here' - Brian Stones translation of Poem no. 86 in Medieval English Verse- Penguin Classics 1964 The Knights tale represents the classic Romance, t...

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