Social Texts: Bodley 686 and the Politics of the Cook's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Boyd, David Lorenzo.
Social Texts: Bodley 686 and the Politics of the Cook's Tale
- Published
- Huntington Library Quarterly 58 (1996): 81-97.
- Description
- The unique ending of CkT in MS Bodley 686 (ca. 1420-1440) reaffirms the preservation of traditional social systems and the obedience that they entail in the face of rising violence and the fear of political and social instability.
- Alternative Title
- Reading From the Margins: Textual Studies, Chaucer, and Medieval Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Cook and His Tale.
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.