Miracles in 'The Man of Law's Tale'

Author / Editor
Johnson, William C., Jr.

Title
Miracles in 'The Man of Law's Tale'

Published
Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association 28.2 (1974): 57-65.

Description
Compares the miracles in MLT with those in its source in Nicholas Trevet, arguing that by emphasizing emotion over religion Chaucer renders the narrative more powerful and humanistic.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations