The Man of Law's Tale: Loss and Separation in the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Watson, David S.

Title
The Man of Law's Tale: Loss and Separation in the Canterbury Tales

Published
DAI 31.09 (1971): 4737-38A.

Description
Psychoanalytic exploration of the "fantasy-structure" of MLPT, arguing that medieval and modern audiences "would have similar unconscious responses to the text." Suggests a similar, broader reading of all of CT.

Chaucer Subjects
Man of Law and His Tale
Canterbury Tales--General