Chaucer's Tale of Melibee: A Reassessment

Author / Editor
Brinton, Laurel J.

Title
Chaucer's Tale of Melibee: A Reassessment

Published
English Studies in Canada 10 (1984): 251-64.

Description
Identifies three concerns in Mel: being reasonable in worldly affairs, sovereignty and proper cousel as themes, and the role of the tale in the sentence / solaas dynamic in CT. Includes a survey of criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Melibee.