Murdering Fiction: The Case of The Manciple's Tale

Author / Editor
Salisbury, Eve.

Title
Murdering Fiction: The Case of The Manciple's Tale

Published
SAC 25: 309-16, 2003.

Description
Considers the acceptance of "spousal homicide" in ManT and the "perfunctory dismissal" of the Tale in ParsP, arguing that the shift from legal to penitential concerns eludes indictment for the murder.

Alternative Title
Colloquium: The Manciple's Tale.

Chaucer Subjects
Manciple and His Tale.
Parson and His Tale.