Hovering Typology in 'The Clerk's Tale,'
- Author / Editor
- Morse, Charlotte C.
Hovering Typology in 'The Clerk's Tale,'
- Published
- Hugh T. Keenan, ed. Typology and English Medieval Literature (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 141-48.
- Description
- In terms of medieval Christian thought, wherein conversion to Christianity was viewed as gradual rather than instant, the life of Griselda typologically represents the Christian soul, though Chaucer may not consciously have connected the two while writing the tale.
- Alternative Title
- Typology and English Medieval Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale.