Chaucer's Tale of Melibee : Contradictions and Context

Author / Editor
Ferster, Judith.

Title
Chaucer's Tale of Melibee : Contradictions and Context

Published
Denise N. Baker, ed. Inscribing the Hundred Years' War in French and English Cultures (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000), pp. 73-89.

Description
Argues that Chaucer produced Mel to demonstrate his allegiance to Richard II and to challenge the Appellants. Mel deconstructs the advice of Prudence, whose "advisory coup" echoes the Appellants' takeover.

Alternative Title
Inscribing the Hundred Years' War in French and English Cultures.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Melibee.
Chaucer's Life.