Modern Inconveniences: Rethinking the Parody in 'The Tale of Sir Thopas'

Author / Editor
Wright, Glenn.

Title
Modern Inconveniences: Rethinking the Parody in 'The Tale of Sir Thopas'

Published
Genre 30 (1997): 167-94.

Description
Examines biographical, textual, and comparative approaches to Th to show how dependent they are on modern notions of author and text. Argues that medieval textuality and authorship pose methodological problems for understanding Th as parody, a genre that postdates the poem.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.