The Shipman's Tale: VII, 204

Author / Editor
Mandel, Jerome.

Title
The Shipman's Tale: VII, 204

Published
Philological Quarterly 70 (1991): 99-102.

Description
Removing attribution of the phrase "al stille and softe" from the monk and reading the phrase instead as narrative discourse eliminates ambiguity, enhances our perception of the monk's character, and extends the tale's thematic concerns.

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale.