Moral and Social Identity and the Idea of Pilgrimage in the General Prologue

Author / Editor
Morgan, Gerald.

Title
Moral and Social Identity and the Idea of Pilgrimage in the General Prologue

Published
Chaucer Review 37: 285-314, 2003.

Description
Morgan critiques modern claims for Chaucer's innovation in GP, arguing that Chaucer's methods resulted from the moral and artistic training of his time. We should read the pilgrim Chaucer both as earnest and as effective in displaying the sins of his fellow travelers.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.