The Ends of Reading in the "Merchant's Tale."

Author / Editor
Schrock, Chad.

Title
The Ends of Reading in the "Merchant's Tale."

Published
Philological Quarterly 91 (2012): 591-609.

Description
Interprets the biblical allusions and references in MerT as Chaucer's invitation to his audience to "consider the ethics of appropriating morally authoritative texts." The narrator, January, and May manipulate textual authority in various ways, highlighting the tenuousness of interpretation in a fallen world.

Chaucer Subjects
Merchant and His Tale
Style and Versification