'For sorwe of which he brak his minstralcye': The Demise of the 'Sweete Noyse' of Verse in the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Hines, John.

Title
'For sorwe of which he brak his minstralcye': The Demise of the 'Sweete Noyse' of Verse in the Canterbury Tales

Published
SAC 25: 299-308, 2003.

Description
ManT and the depiction of the Manciple reflect Chaucer's effort to undermine bourgeois threats to court culture, his critique of practical "wit," and, simultaneously, his affirmation of the destructive power of adultery.

Alternative Title
Colloquium: The Manciple's Tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Manciple and His Tale.