CR Episode 90: Canterbury Tales XII – The Parson’s Tale and Chaucer’s Retraction
Critical Readings · Critical Readings
August 9, 202154m 19s
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Show Notes
The panel concludes its summer reading of The Canterbury Tales with a look at penitence, sin, and freedom in The Parson's Tale, and then considers whether Chaucer's Retraction (Boece excluded!) is an appropriate end to the Tales and to Chaucer's oeuvre.