Grouping of Pilgrims in the General Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Reidy, John.

Title
Grouping of Pilgrims in the General Prologue to "The Canterbury Tales."

Published
Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 47 (1962): 595-603.

Description
Identifies patterns that indicate Chaucer's "careful planning" of a sequence of groupings of pilgrims in GP, focusing on audience expectations, points of views, tones, satirical targets, and the traditional three estates.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales