The Art of Telling and the Prudence of Interpreting the 'Tale of Melibee' and Its Context
- Author / Editor
- Flynn, James.
The Art of Telling and the Prudence of Interpreting the 'Tale of Melibee' and Its Context
- Published
- Medieval Perspectives 7 (1992): 53-63.
- Description
- Mel suggests that interpretative perspective is crucial to meaning. Like the rest of fallen nature, language is indeterminate, so prudence is required to make sense of contingent existence. Apparent contradictions in Mel disappear if we understand that the process of seeking good counsel is flexible.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.