Laughter and Deception: Holcot and Chaucer Remain Cheerful

Author / Editor
Gelber, Hester Goodenough.

Title
Laughter and Deception: Holcot and Chaucer Remain Cheerful

Published
Dallas D. Denery II, Kantik Ghosh, and Nicolette Zeeman, eds. Uncertain Knowledge: Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages (Turnhout: Brepols, 2014), pp. 285-304.

Description
Argues that Holcot and Chaucer "depict a world in which farce and deception are possible." Discusses how Chaucer's ironic humor and "Chaucerian misdirection" fuel the ambiguity in ClT and NPT.

Alternative Title
Uncertain Knowledge: Scepticism, Relativism, and Doubt in the Middle Ages.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations