A Reading of the 'Thopas-Melibee' Link

Author / Editor
Olson, Glending.

Title
A Reading of the 'Thopas-Melibee' Link

Published
Chaucer Review 10 (1975): 147-53.

Description
Chaucer's statements in the "Thopas-Melibee" link, which critics have interpreted in at least three different ways, are significant only as a continuation of the Pilgrim Chaucer's pose of literary innocence. They serve to indicate a switch from "murthe" to "doctrine," and are purposely belabored, as is Mel itself.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.
Tale of Melibee.