Medieval Monism and Abuse of Authority in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Justman, Stewart.

Title
Medieval Monism and Abuse of Authority in Chaucer

Published
Chaucer Review 11 (1976): 95-111.

Description
Chaucer abuses authority throughout CT. He refers to so many authorities that they cannot be reduced to anything like unity. Such abuse reflects the farcical potential of the academic procedure of disputation as well as the dilemma of the authoritative texts themselves.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.