Inept Chaucer

Author / Editor
Frank, Robert Worth,Jr.

Title
Inept Chaucer

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 11 (1989): 5-14.

Description
Argues that Chaucerians should assess more explicitly the consequences of critical readings: for instance, interpreting Alison of Bath as a murderer or Criseyde as having an incestuous affair with Pandarus.

Alternative Title
The Presidential Address. The New Chaucer Society, Sixth International Congress, August 9-11, 1988. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Troilus and Criseyde.