The Conclusion of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale : Readings and (Mis)Readings
- Author / Editor
- Keiser, George R.
The Conclusion of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale : Readings and (Mis)Readings
- Published
- Chaucer Review 35: 1-21, 2000.
- Description
- Late-medieval versions of CYT 8.1428-81 misread and/or misrepresent the text as an authority on alchemy, a reflection of a pervasive admiration of Chaucer as a man of science. Not until Enlightenment debunking of alchemy did scholars recognize these lines as Chaucer's attack on alchemy as false science.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.