The Satiric Mode and the 'Parson's Tale'

Author / Editor
Finlayson, John.

Title
The Satiric Mode and the 'Parson's Tale'

Published
Chaucer Review 6.2 (1971): 94-116.

Description
Shows that the GP establishes a comic-satirical tone for the CT that is "indirect . . . shifting and multiple." In this light, ParsT "represents a way of seeing the world," but not the only one; the standard posed by the Parson is not an absolute gauge of the vices and virtues of the other Pilgrims and he may be seen as somewhat pedantic.

Chaucer Subjects
Parson and His Tale
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales