The Ends of Reading in the "Merchant's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Schrock, Chad.
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
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