The Spiritual Purpose of the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Woo, Constance and William Matthews.

Title
The Spiritual Purpose of the Canterbury Tales

Published
Comitatus1 (1970): 85-109.

Description
Comprised of two related essays. The first, by Woo, assesses the pilgrimage frame of CT, its ecclesiastical pilgrims, ParsPT, and Ret, emphasizing the contrasts between the Pardoner and the Parson as religious figures. The second, by Matthews, comments on other religious aspects of CT, reading it as a "sermon" on love, good and bad.

Contributor
Matthews, William.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
Parson and His Tale
Chaucer's Retraction
Pardoner and His Tale