Relationship between the Physician's Tale and the Parson's Tale.

Author / Editor
Owen, Charles A., Jr.

Title
Relationship between the Physician's Tale and the Parson's Tale.

Published
Modern Language Notes 71.2 (1956): 84-87.

Description
Observes similarities in imagery, diction, and impact of portions of ParsT (Chaucer's interpolation in “lachesse” as a subset of Sloth) and PhyT (digression on governesses), exploring possible sources (especially St. Augustine), possible occasions of composition, and relative chronology.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Pardoner and His Tale
Physician and His Tale