The Paradox of the Narrative Styles in Chaucer's 'Clerk's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Manning, Stephen.
The Paradox of the Narrative Styles in Chaucer's 'Clerk's Tale'
- Published
- Journal of Narrative Technique 15 (1985): 29-42.
- Description
- The traditional paratactic style of folktales and a literary style emphasizing causation and motivation relate to allegorical themes: Walter's self-centeredness and Griselda's self-effacing love. A markedly different style in the Envoy relates to love neither totally self-centered nor completely other-oriented.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale.