Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and Nicholas of Lyre's 'Postillae litteralis et moralis super totam Bibliam'
- Author / Editor
- Wurtele, Douglas (J.)
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and Nicholas of Lyre's 'Postillae litteralis et moralis super totam Bibliam'
- Published
- David Lyle Jeffrey, ed. Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1984), pp. 89-108.
- Description
- Also in Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa 53 (1983): 351-69.
- The postills of Nicholas of Lyre provided Chaucer with explications of biblical allusions and moral implications of Scripture. Readers of CT can see the pilgrims' ironic use of Scripture; knowledge of biblical exegesis enhances interpretation.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.