Manipulation of Sources and the Meaning of the "Manciple's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Cadbury, William.
Manipulation of Sources and the Meaning of the "Manciple's Tale."
- Published
- Philological Quarterly 43 (1964): 538-48.
- Description
- Investigates the "active tension" between the characterization of the Manciple and the nature of ManT, analyzing differences between the Tale and its sources and analogues (especially characterizations and moralizations) to show how Chaucer ironically undercuts his narrator's efforts to manipulate his audience.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manciple and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations