Chaucer's Tale of Melibee : Whose Virtues?
- Author / Editor
- Aers, David.
Chaucer's Tale of Melibee : Whose Virtues?
- Published
- David Aers, ed. Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000), 68-81.
- Description
- Challenges the notion that Mel asserts orthodox Christian sensibility. By privileging prudence over the theological virtues and by omitting "Christ, the Church [. . .], the Trinity" and sacramental forgiveness, Mel suggests heterodox views.
- Contributor
- Aers, David, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.