'Axeth of Olde Pathes' : Translation, Transmission and Transformation in Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale'

Author / Editor
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo.

Title
'Axeth of Olde Pathes' : Translation, Transmission and Transformation in Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 60: 2915A., 1999.

Description
Based on two Latin penitential manuals, ParT is shaped to conclude CT with both additions and deletions. Less strictly hierarchical than its major sources, the Tale emphasizes the individual's relationship to God and human society.

Chaucer Subjects
Parson and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.