Narrative Voice : The Case of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale
- Author / Editor
- Spearing, A. C.
Narrative Voice : The Case of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale
- Published
- New Literary History 32: 715-46, 2001.
- Description
- A survey of selected criticism since Kittredge demonstrates that the idea of a fallible narrative voice has dominated criticism of CT. Spearing examines MLT 2.141-96 to show the difficulty of separating narrational from nonnarrational elements and of demonstrating an unreliable narrator. Focus on a fictional, narrative voice obscures the meaning of MLT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Canterbury Tales--General.