Author's Revision in Block C of the "Canterbury Tales."

Description: Assesses manuscript variants and stemmata, relations with source material, and "scribal characteristics" of PhyT to explain that they indicate scribal rather than authorial alteration. Argues that similar evidence, plus comparison with alterations from LGWP-F to LGWP-G and stylistic factors, indicate that Chaucer revised the Phy-Pard Link. Also argues that the epilogue to PardT shows no evidence of having been composed later the Tale itself.

Chaucer Subjects: Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Physician and His Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
Legend of Good Women