Sympathy for the Monastery: Monks and Their Stereotypes in 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Pardee, Sheila.
Sympathy for the Monastery: Monks and Their Stereotypes in 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association 14 (1993): 65-79
- Description
- Chaucer's portrayal of the Monk and of the monk in ShT is complex and sympathetic. Contemporary expectations about monks are clear in the Host's reactions to the Monk. Daun John fits the stereotype but may be motivated by a desire to chastise gently the wife and the husband.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale.
- Shipman and His Tale.