Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in the Canterbury Tales

by Derek Pearsall

Strife occurs everywhere among characters in The Canterbury Tales, in the stories as well as the links between them. Characters seem always ready to dispute, contradict, declaim, and contend about almost anything. A competitive spirit suffuses the work, from the tale-telling among pilgrims and the personal rivalries that develop on the pilgrimage to the conflicts, beguilings, and one-uppings that go on in the tales. By understanding the rivalries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918720427
• ISBN13: 9780918720429
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 293 Pages