'What Man Artow?': The Narrator as Writer and Pilgrim
- Author / Editor
- Wilson, Katharine.
'What Man Artow?': The Narrator as Writer and Pilgrim
- Published
- Laura C. Lambdin and Robert T. Lambdin, eds. (Westport Conn.; and London: Greenwood, 1996): pp. 369-84.
- Description
- Considers Chaucer's narrative persona in CT in two manifestations: as writer and as pilgrim. Writers were necessarily reciters in Chaucer's day, with opportunities in government, in religion, and as itinerant performers. Pilgrims encountered discomfort and danger, although Chaucer's pilgrims seemed prepared for both. Wilson provides details of social history for both "avocations" of Chaucer's pilgrim persona.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.