Chaucer's Religious Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Knight, Stephen.

Title
Chaucer's Religious Canterbury Tales

Published
Gregory Kratzmann and James Simpson, eds. Medieval English Religious and Ethical Literature (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1986), pp. 156-66.

Description
As early as the fifteenth century, two views of CT prevailed: (1) the entire CT is a religious work, and (2) only ClT, PrT, MLT, MkT, ParsT, and SNT are religious. In arguing the first position, Knight addresses difficulties arising from the Hengwrt order by proposing an overarching quadripartite structure. GP and Ret reinforce the religious purpose of the entire CT.

Alternative Title
Medieval English Religious and Ethical Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.