The (In)completeness of the Cook's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Kang, Ji-Soo.
The (In)completeness of the Cook's Tale
- Published
- Medieval English Studies 05 (1997): 145-70.
- Description
- Explores medieval theories of narrative closure in Matthew of Vendome, Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Brunetto Latini, and John of Garland to argue that if "inconclusiveness" is a thematic goal, the end of a work is the "natural place to accent it." As an ending to the degenerative movement of fragment 1, CkT is an appropriate conclusion to several thematic patterns: characterization of females, male competition, geography, social strata, and the theme of love and courtesy.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Cook and His Tale.