A Critical Interpretation of 'Canterbury Tales' B2 3981

Author / Editor
Horvath, Richard P.

Title
A Critical Interpretation of 'Canterbury Tales' B2 3981

Published
English Language Notes 24:1 (1986): 8-12.

Description
The Host's comment to the Monk about his tale, "For therinne is no desport ne game," has a significant variant that should be recorded in editions: "Youre tales don us no desport ne game," attested to in several manuscripts, including Hengwrt.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale.