The Latent Comic Dimensions of Geoffrey Chaucer's Tale of Melibee
- Author / Editor
- Matthews, Lloyd Jean.
The Latent Comic Dimensions of Geoffrey Chaucer's Tale of Melibee
- Published
- DAI 32.08 (1972): 4572A.
- Description
- Identifies thematic concerns in Mel that it shares with other narratives in CT (WBPT, ShT, Clerk's Envoy, MerT, and NPT), exploring how pedantry, suspect counsel, the struggle for "maisterie," and antifeminism convey humor in Mel, especially in contrast with its source.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations