The Medieval Pilgrimage and Its Use in 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Tisdale, Charles P. R.
The Medieval Pilgrimage and Its Use in 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- DAI 30.11 (1970): 4958A.
- Description
- Treats pilgrimage as a "unifying device" in CT, exploring the influences of Boethius, Virgil, and Dante and parallels with "Piers Plowman" and Deguilleville's "PeĢlerinage de la Vie Humanie." Focuses on the frame of CT, KnT and its theme of exile, and the voyage in MLT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
- Knight and His Tale
- Man of Law and His Tale
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations