The 'Miracle' of 'Sir Thopas'

Author / Editor
Gaylord, Alan T.

Title
The 'Miracle' of 'Sir Thopas'

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 6 (1984): 65-84.

Description
Th is analyzed in the context of CT and compared with PrT. The deliberate failure of Th to achieve the promised "miracle" is a comment on the difference between miracles and poetry: miracles "overwhelm" debate, while poetry evokes it.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.
Prioress and Her Tale.