Sickness and the 'Siker Wey': Themes of Illness and Health in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Dent, Judith Anne.

Title
Sickness and the 'Siker Wey': Themes of Illness and Health in Chaucer

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 48 (1988): 1774A.

Description
Showing his perception of inadequacies in the practice of medicine through the Physician's portrait in GP and PhyT, Chaucer reveals his belief in the balance of mind, body, and soul and the need for God as physician in BD, GP, WBT, MilT,MerT, KnT, TC, and NPT.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Physician and His Tale.