Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale': An Ingenious Criticism of Early Humanist Conceptions of Tragedy

Author / Editor
Haas, Renate.

Title
Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale': An Ingenious Criticism of Early Humanist Conceptions of Tragedy

Published
Humanistica Lovaniensia 36 (1987): 44-70.

Description
Haas interprets MkT as Chaucer's critical testing of tragedy (one of the most problematic pagan genres being revived) and thus his evaluation of the most progressive endeavors of his age, voiced with the greatest impact by "maister Petrak."

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale.