The Mortal Spectacle: History in "The Monk's Tale."

Author / Editor
Dean, James M.

Title
The Mortal Spectacle: History in "The Monk's Tale."

Published
James M. Dean, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer (Ipswich, Mass.: Salem Press, 2017), pp. 186-200.

Description
Discusses how Chaucer's storytelling narrative structure of MkT reflects the Italian genre of "casus tragedy," learned from Dante and Boccaccio.

Alternative Title
Geoffrey Chaucer: Critical Insights Series

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations