Chaucer's Man of Law and the 'Muses that men clepe Pierides'
- Author / Editor
- Harty, Kevin J.
Chaucer's Man of Law and the 'Muses that men clepe Pierides'
- Published
- Studies in Short Fiction 18 (1981): 75-77.
- Description
- The Man of Law's allusion to the story of the nine daughters of Pierus, as presented in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" 5, is viewed as literary criticism that emphasizes the fact that the Man of Law is reluctant to be compared to the daughters--who lost their singing contest--because he wishes to win the storytelling contest in which he is engaged.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.