Two Notes on the "Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Lumiansky, R. M.

Title
Two Notes on the "Canterbury Tales."

Published
Mieczyslaw Brahmer, Stanislaw Helsztynski, and Julian Krzyzanowski, eds. Studies in Language and Literature in Honour of Margaret Schlauch (Warsaw: PWN—Polish Scientific Publishers, 1966), pp. 227-32.

Description
Justifies the placement of PhyT after FranT on the grounds of the contrasting "personal traits" of the two tellers, and argues that NPT is a personal rejoinder to MkT. Both arguments attend to details of diet and nutrition.

Alternative Title
Studies in Language and Literature in Honour of Margaret Schlauch

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale
Franklin and Hi Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Monk and His Tale