The Yeoman's Canons: A Conjecture.
- Author / Editor
- Baldwin, R. G.
The Yeoman's Canons: A Conjecture.
- Published
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology 61 (1962): 232-43.
- Description
- Considers the implications of treating the Canon (CYP and CYT, Part I) and the canon (CYT, Part II) as the same character, exploring the unity of the prologue and parts, and assessing the characterization of the canon(s), the Canon's Yeoman, and his autobiographical confession. Argues that the Canon and the Yeoman join the pilgrims after a recent failure to dupe others, that the Yeoman’s opening remarks about the Canon are bitterly ironic, and that Part II mirrors their recent failure.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale