Chaucer's Melibee and Tales of Sondry Folk
- Author / Editor
- Hoffman, Richard L.
Chaucer's Melibee and Tales of Sondry Folk
- Published
- Classica et Mediaevalia 30 (1969): 552-77.
- Description
- Defends Mel as a meaningful allegory, considering in turn Chaucer's use of the name "Sophia," his reference to wounded feet, and the "extended account" of Christ's passion which indicate framing attention to the Crucifixion. Then tabulates "three dozen or so passages" from Mel that are echoed elsewhere in CT to show that it is the thematic "keystone" to the entire work, though perhaps "dull." Includes attention to the sources of Mel.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.
- Sources, Analogues, and LIterary Relations