'To Doon Yow Ese': A Study of the Host in the 'General Prologue' of the Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Keen, William.
'To Doon Yow Ese': A Study of the Host in the 'General Prologue' of the Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Topic 17 (1969): 5-18.
- Description
- Considers the diction and details of the description of the Host, Harry Bailly, in GP, especially as they are developed in the dramatic action of GP in anticipation of the Host's comic slips later in CT. Discusses his merriness; his concern with sentence and solace, money, and literary quality; and his deference to the Knight. Also discusses the pilgrims' reactions to his suggestions and the narrator's tacit views.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales