Chaucer's Host: The Character of Harry Bailly.
- Author / Editor
- Harlow, Benjamin C
Chaucer's Host: The Character of Harry Bailly.
- Published
- McNeese Review 19 (1968): 36-47.
- Description
- Characterizes the Host as a "delightful traveling companion," summarizing details of his GP description and of his interactions with the other pilgrims in the links between the tales. He is "sometimes pompous, often impudent, and always forceful," a presence which "provides unity and cohesion throughout" the CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General