Chaucer's Use of Game and Play in the 'Canterbury Tales': The Game of Rhetoric; the Play of Irony

Author / Editor
McMahon, Arthur Henry.

Title
Chaucer's Use of Game and Play in the 'Canterbury Tales': The Game of Rhetoric; the Play of Irony

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 52 (1992): 2546A.

Description
Once Harry Bailly loses control of the game unifying CT, those who remain playful and detached become winners. Both pilgrims and readers must reassess the real rewards.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.