The Yeoman Transmuted: An Evaluation of Penitence and Poetry

Author / Editor
Schleicher, Frank N.

Title
The Yeoman Transmuted: An Evaluation of Penitence and Poetry

Published
Essays in Medieval Studies 3: 60-77, 1986.

Description
Assesses CYPT as an example of confession and contrasts it with SNT, demonstrating their different kinds of "bisynesse." By placing CYPT near the end of CT, Chaucer invites comparison between alchemy and poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.