Introduction
- Author / Editor
- Benson, C. David.
Introduction
- Published
- C. David Benson and Elizabeth Robertson, eds. Chaucer's Religious Tales (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990), pp. 1-7.
- Description
- Darwinian, Freudian, and Marxist approaches to CT have "obscure(d) the historical and intellectual context of the religious tales" (Mel, ParsT, ClT, MLT, PrT, SNT), making them the "most marginalized" of Chaucer's works. Articles in the Benson-Robertson collection call for a reevaluation of the religious tales, focusing on their critical reception and "Christian feminism."
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer's Religious Tales.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Clerk and His Tale
- Tale of Melibee.
- Prioress and Her Tale.
- Second Nun and Her Tale.