Mercantile Ideology in Chaucer's Shipman's Tale

Author / Editor
Fulton, Helen.

Title
Mercantile Ideology in Chaucer's Shipman's Tale

Published
ChauR 36 : 311-28, 2002.

Description
Although critics often criticize the monk and wife of ShT for their lack of morals, the merchant's own dealings are not without blame. His bill of exchange may be illegal, and it parallels the arrangement between monk and wife. All three characters seek profit and undermine the "common good."

Chaucer Subjects
Shipman and His Tale.