Natural Law and Chaucer's 'Physician's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Ruud, Jay.
Natural Law and Chaucer's 'Physician's Tale'
- Published
- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 9 (1988): 29-45.
- Description
- Behind the grotesque circumstances of PhyT, Chaucer presents an ironic view of natural law: Nature gloats as she forms Virginia to glorify God in purity; yet, the Physician mocks the sheltering of perfection since natural law will soon corrupt her.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Physician and His Tale.