The Relationship of the "Monk's Tale" and the "Nun's Priest's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Watson, Charles S.
The Relationship of the "Monk's Tale" and the "Nun's Priest's Tale."
- Published
- Studies in Short Fiction 1 (1964): 277-88.
- Description
- Regards MkT and NPT as "Chaucer's highest literary achievement in the construction of pairs of tales," arguing that the faults of the MkT are "redeemed" by juxtaposition with the "brilliant" NPT insofar as the pair pose several "arresting contrasts": a dull sermon versus a vital one, a compendium of tragedies versus a comedy, and "the old and new concepts of Fortune."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale