'Manye Been the Weyes' : The Flower, Its Roots, and the Ending of The Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Raybin, David.

Title
'Manye Been the Weyes' : The Flower, Its Roots, and the Ending of The Canterbury Tales

Published
David Raybin and Linda Tarte Holley, eds. Closure in The Canterbury Tales: The Role of The Parson's Tale (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2000), pp. 11-43.

Description
ParsT confronts and resolves the dual focus evident throughout CT: the intricate variety of human error and the radical simplicity of penance. Echoing GP--and recalling the theology of spiritual progress reflected in FrT, PardT, ClT, and Mel--ParsT revels in the diversity that defines the human while simultaneously asserting the goal of unity with the divine.

Alternative Title
Closure in The Canterbury Tales: The Role of The Parson's Tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Parson and His Tale.
Tale of Melibee.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Pardoner and His Tale.
Friar and His Tale.
Clerk and His Tale.