The 'A.B.C.' and the 'Second Nun's Tale': Translation and Transformation

Author / Editor
Reames, Sherry Lee.

Title
The 'A.B.C.' and the 'Second Nun's Tale': Translation and Transformation

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 36 (1976): 8036A-37A

Description
Comparison with its sources reveals that the changes in ABC destroy the unity but not the coherence. Chaucer's version comes closer than its source to fulfilling Augustine's recommendations. SNT falls short of its sources in conveying the ethical dimensions of the martyrdom.

Alternative Title
'ABC' and the 'Second Nun's Tale': Translation and Transformation."

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale.
ABC.