A Study of the Host in "The Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Keen, William Parker.

Title
A Study of the Host in "The Canterbury Tales."

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 28.10 (1968): 4133-34A.

Description
Traces the character development of the Host in CT (following the Ellesmere ordering of the parts) and reads NPT as his "turning point" when he abandons comic "crudity, violence, and carelessness" for "capable leadership." Assesses Harry Bailly's role throughout CT, including in GP where he is impressive, "greater than life."

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Nun's Priest and His Tale