Chaucer and the 'Comedy of Lydia', 2

Author / Editor
Hira, Toshinori.

Title
Chaucer and the 'Comedy of Lydia', 2

Published
Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Humanities (Nagasaki) 24.2 (1984): 97-111.

Description
The narrator of MerT evokes the same moral response from the audience as the authors of the "Comedy." Although the narrator appeals to the superiority of the audience over his dramatic characters, he perhaps admires their crudeness, which the audience finds contemptible.

Alternative Title
"Chaucer to Lydia Monogatari II"

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale.