Chaucer's Alchemy: The Pilgrims Assayed

Author / Editor
Pickering, James D.

Title
Chaucer's Alchemy: The Pilgrims Assayed

Published
Medieval Perspectives 4-5 (1989-90): 140-49.

Description
The final three fragments of CT are united in a purposeful pattern by reference to Jeremiah 6. Allusion to testing and failure suggests the alchemical metaphor, enabling correlations between the particulars of specific pilgrims and the generality of the Parson's penitential guide.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.
Parson and His Tale.