What the Manuscripts Tell Us About the 'Parson's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Owen, Charles A., Jr.
What the Manuscripts Tell Us About the 'Parson's Tale'
- Published
- Medium AEvum 63 (1994): 239-49.
- Description
- Although most critics agree that Chaucer intended ParsT and Ret to conclude CT, early manuscript history indicates that ParsT may have been an independent work, a "Treatise on Patience," for which Ret would serve as a fitting conclusion.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.