Reversals in the 'Nun's Priest's Tale'

Author / Editor
Dor, Juliette.

Title
Reversals in the 'Nun's Priest's Tale'

Published
H. Maes-Jelinek et al., eds. Multiple Worlds, Multiple Words: Essays in Honour of Irene Simon (Liege: University of Liege, English Department, 1987), pp. 69-77.

Description
Both the female world of the opening lines and the portrait of perfect lovers possessing all the qualities required by the courtly code were unnatural. Ultimately, Chauctecler rejects the "courtly code and mask" that governed his previous behavior and believes in himself. Hidden tensions break forth, and order is restored.

Alternative Title
Multiple Worlds, Multiple Words: Essays in Honour of Irene Simon.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.