Truth and Fiction in the 'Nun's Priest's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Brody, Saul Nathaniel.
Truth and Fiction in the 'Nun's Priest's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 14 (1979): 33-47.
- Description
- By constantly breaking the dramatic illusion, the Nun's Priest forces his audience to consider the implications not only of his storytelling but of storytelling itself. The interruptions of his narrative, the comparisons of chickens and people, the stories within the story, and the parodies of literary styles, make it impossible to suspend disbelief. The result is that the Nun's Priest sharpens the perception of his tale.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.