The Ending of the 'Canterbury Tales', 1952-1976

Author / Editor
Dean, James.

Title
The Ending of the 'Canterbury Tales', 1952-1976

Published
Texas Studies in Literature and Language 21 (1979): 17-33.

Description
In ManT, Chaucer intentionally thwarts his narrative skills, thus creating an "anti-tale" or a "farewell to his book." Providing "images of linguistic destructions," the tale prepares for the Parson's new direction in language and thought.

Chaucer Subjects
Manciple and His Tale.