Narrative Voice : The Case of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale

Author / Editor
Spearing, A. C.

Title
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.