The Sapiential Aspect of The Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Pazdziora, Marian.

Title
The Sapiential Aspect of The Canterbury Tales'

Published
Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny (Warsaw) 27 (1980): 413-26.

Description
CT is filled with proverbs, maxims, and witticisms included consciously by Chaucer for entertainment combined with instruction. The sapiential material in CT falls into four thematic groups: time, transcience and death; god, destiny and fortune; love and marriage; and sin and salvation.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.