The Knight's Tale
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The Knight's Tale is a chivalric romance within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that recounts the rivalry of two knights for the love of a noblewoman in ancient Athens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Knight's Tale canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tale
ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ poetic narrative ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Boccaccio’s Teseida
ⓘ
surface form:
Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia
|
| basedOnAuthor | Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ |
| climaxEvent | tournament between Palamon and Arcite for Emelye’s hand ⓘ |
| compositionDate | late 14th century ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
divine intervention
ⓘ
imprisonment and escape ⓘ love at first sight ⓘ trial by combat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOrigin | Thebes ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Diana
ⓘ
Mars ⓘ Venus ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | tournament organized by Theseus ⓘ |
| featuresRuler |
Theseus
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke Theseus of Athens
|
| form | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
ⓘ
medieval narrative poetry ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| includedInManuscript |
Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales
ⓘ
Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | English chivalric romance tradition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English literature
|
| mainCharacter |
Arcite
ⓘ
Emelye ⓘ Palamon ⓘ Theseus ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | tale told by the Knight ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| openingEvent | Theseus’s return to Athens after conquering Thebes ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two Theban knights, Palamon and Arcite, become rivals in love for Emelye and fight in a tournament arranged by Theseus. ⓘ |
| positionInFrame | first tale in The Canterbury Tales sequence ⓘ |
| resolutionEvent | marriage of Palamon and Emelye ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Athens
|
| theme |
chivalry
ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ fate and providence ⓘ fortune ⓘ friendship and rivalry ⓘ order and chaos ⓘ |
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