Speech, the Principle of Contraries, and Chaucer's Tales of the Manciple and the Parson
- Author / Editor
- Wood, Chauncey.
Speech, the Principle of Contraries, and Chaucer's Tales of the Manciple and the Parson
- Published
- Mediaevalia 6 (1980): 209-29.
- Description
- The principle of contraries provides a method for relating pairs of tales. ManT and ParsT offer paradigms for improper and proper use of speech. The Manciple uses and misglosses the tale of Phoebus and the Crow, while the Parson speaks the truth without an "ennucleating story."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manciple and His Tale
- Parson and His Tale.