Clerical Satire in the Portrait of the Monk and the Prologue to 'The Monk's Tale'

Author / Editor
Sequeira, Isaac.

Title
Clerical Satire in the Portrait of the Monk and the Prologue to 'The Monk's Tale'

Published
K. P. K. Menon, M. Manuel, and K. Ayyappa Paniker, eds. Literary Studies: Homage to Dr. A. Sivaramasubramonia Aiyer (Trivandum: St. Joseph's Press, for the Dr. A. Sivaramasubramonia Aiyer Memorial Committee, 1973), pp. 34-43.

Description
Explores seven aspects of Chaucer's satiric presentation of the Monk and his failure to follow monastic ideals: claustration, hunting, Benedictine rule, monastic study, poverty, asceticism, and celibacy.

Contributor
Menon, K. P. K., ed.
Paniker, K. Ayyappa, ed.
Manuel, M., ed.

Alternative Title
Literary Studies: Homage to Dr. A. Sivaramasubramonia Aiyer.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale