The Philosophic and Artistic Purposes of Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Lepley, Douglas Lee
The Philosophic and Artistic Purposes of Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale'
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1978): 1539A.
- Description
- Neither tedious nor ignorant, MkT teaches a "sound Boethian lesson" and can be seen as "artistically refined" in its evocation of tragic pathos. The Knight, the Host, and the critics err in castigating the Monk and his Tale.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale