Gamelyn, The Tale of

Gamelyn, The Tale of (găm'ulin) [key], a romance in verse, written c.1350, containing about 900 lines. It tells of the tribulations of a young man abused by his older brothers. The tale survives in 25 manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales, sometimes entitled “The Cook's Tale,” though it is not by Geoffrey Chaucer. It served as a prototype for several later works, including Shakespeare's As You Like It.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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