Dropping the Personae and Reforming the Self : The Parson's Tale and the End of The Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Roper, Gregory.
Dropping the Personae and Reforming the Self : The Parson's Tale and the End 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. 151-75.
- Description
- ParsT is an examination of conscience that prepares for the act of confession that is Chaucer's Ret. Late-medieval notions of self differ from modern ones; the process of preparing for confession led the penitent to recognize and discard the sinful self to reestablish unity with the "Imago Dei" that is the true self.
- Alternative Title
- Closure in The Canterbury Tales: The Role of The Parson's Tale.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.
- Chaucer's Retraction.