"The Canon Yeoman's Tale": An Interpretation.
- Author / Editor
- Olmert, K, Michael.
"The Canon Yeoman's Tale": An Interpretation.
- Published
- Annuale Mediaevale 8 (1967): 70-94.
- Description
- Considers CYPT to be "highly moralistic," a poem that addresses the "nature and the consequences of man's transgression against the will of God." Signaled by juxtaposition with SNPT and appropriate to placement near the end of CT, CYPT is anagogical, concerned with damnation and salvation; the Canon symbolizes Satan; alchemy, the antithesis of grace.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale
Second Nun and Her Tale