The Clerk's Tale as Parable

Author / Editor
Wall, John.

Title
The Clerk's Tale as Parable

Published
Parergon 8 (1974): 12-19.

Description
One should not apply a naturalistic test to ClT, which displays the traditional characteristics of the parable--an illustrative story directed to a single point. The point here is that Griselda is true to God, which is a sufficient principle of life for all persons.

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale.