Character and Caricature in Chaucer's 'General Prologue'

Author / Editor
Cunningham, John E.

Title
Character and Caricature in Chaucer's 'General Prologue'

Published
Linda Cookson and Bryan Loughrey, ed. Critical Essays on The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (Harlow: Longman, 1989), pp. 29-37.

Description
Explicates numerous details of GP to demonstrate Chaucer's techniques of characterization. Includes significant attention to the Wife of Bath, the Physician, the Host, and others.

Alternative Title
Critical Essays on The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Physician and His Tale