"The Nun's Priest's Tale" and Its Analogues.
- Author / Editor
- Fish, Stanley E.
"The Nun's Priest's Tale" and Its Analogues.
- Published
- CLA Journal 5 (1962): 223-28.
- Description
- Identifies three aspects of NPT that differ from those found in its analogues ("Roman du Renart" and "Reinhart Fuch"), arguing that Chaunticleer' s belief in dreams, the frugal poverty of the widow, and the limited role of the fox produce a "shifting panoramic view of a sympathetic skepticism" about the human condition rather the "restricted pointedness of an exemplum."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations