The Canon's Yeoman and His Tale

Author / Editor
Cook, Robert.

Title
The Canon's Yeoman and His Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 22 (1987): 28-40.

Description
Chaucer makes his commentary on alchemy by presenting the Yeoman as a simple, plain man. While in most of his works the poet inserts an absolute point of view, here he looks at the physical world from a physical point of view.

Chaucer Subjects
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.