The Latent Comic Dimensions of Geoffrey Chaucer's Tale of Melibee

Author / Editor
Matthews, Lloyd Jean.

Title
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