Chaucerian Parrhesia: World-Building and Truth-Telling in "The Canterbury Tales" and "Lak of Stedfastnesse."

Author / Editor
Megna, Paul.

Title
Chaucerian Parrhesia: World-Building and Truth-Telling in "The Canterbury Tales" and "Lak of Stedfastnesse."

Published
Postmedieval 9 (2018): 30-43.

Description
Considers CT--primarily SNT, Mel, ManT, and Sted--to argue that Chaucer’s frequent depictions of characters employing "parrhesia," which Michel Foucault associates with speaking truth to power, suggest that Chaucer admired those who spoke truth to power and may even have practiced "parrhesia" in his poetry.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Melibee
Second Nun and Her Tale
Manciple and His Tale
Lak of Stedfastnesse