The 'Squire's Tale' and the Limits of Non-Mimetic Fiction

Author / Editor
Sharon-Zisser, Shirley.

Title
The 'Squire's Tale' and the Limits of Non-Mimetic Fiction

Published
Chaucer Review 26 (1992): 377-94.

Description
SqT dramatizes the relationship between two types of narrative: the fantastic and the metafictional. The former is seen in the mirror, ring, steed, and sword brought to Cambyuskan's court; the latter, in the response to these gifts by the courtiers who view them as "problems in interpretation."

Chaucer Subjects
Squire and His Tale.