Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale': An Apology

Author / Editor
Taylor, Estelle W.

Title
Chaucer's 'Monk's Tale': An Apology

Published
College Language Association Journal 13 (1969): 172-82.

Description
Considers the fittingness of the MkT to its teller, commenting on genre (advice to princes and tragedy), themes (fortune and the uncertainties of life), variety and unity, the GP description of the Monk, and the responses of the Knight and the Host to the Tale. Concludes that MkT is "another example of Chaucer's blending of pilgrim and tale."

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale
Knight and His Tale