Poetic Purpose in the 'Tale of Melibee'
- Author / Editor
- Marks, Herbert.
Poetic Purpose in the 'Tale of Melibee'
- Published
- Massachusetts Studies in English 08 (1982): 50-55.
- Description
- The poetic purpose of Mel is critical rather than aesthetic. Chaucer's use of prose is itself a trope for the Christian humility espoused in the tale.