Can Chaucer Write Anything Bad(ly)? Salvaging the Monk’s Tale.

Author / Editor
Forni, Kathleen.

Title
Can Chaucer Write Anything Bad(ly)? Salvaging the Monk’s Tale.

Published
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 29 (2022): 43-57.

Description
Considers the vexed critical history of MkT as a possibility for engaging classroom discussion about issues of theme, aesthetics, political perspective, and critical predilection. Focuses on various approaches to the tale before and after the heyday of dramatic criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale
Background and General Criticism