Pilgrim Chaucer : Center Stage

Author / Editor
Cullen, Dolores L.

Title
Pilgrim Chaucer : Center Stage

Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Fithian Press, 1999.

Physical Description
205 pp.

Description
Reads CT as a drama-with Chaucer as "director/producer" (158) and leading player-focusing on Th and Mel as psychological and moral extensions of Chaucer. Thopas and the father are one, with Thopas representing the phallus. Melibee is "the elevated portion of the whole character-the portion dominated by the mind or soul" (149); through Mel, Chaucer seeks personal redemption. Pilgrim Chaucer is the second book in a series that began with Chaucer's Host: Up-So-Doun (SAC 22 [2000], no. 174).

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Tale of Sir Thopas.
Tale of Melibee.