The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England: Papers Read at Dartington Hall, July, 1984 ed. by Marion Glasscoe
Studies in the age of Chaucer 1986 Denise L. Despres
REVIEWS the glosses and rubrics. To Gillmeister, the final disposition of CTis that of a pilgrims' anthology of allegorical stories promoting the heavenlyJerusa lem (p. 142), with The Parson's Tale its apotheosis. Some readers may favor, on the other hand, such a position as Charles Owen's, that the theological thrust of CT, originally framed by Melibee andParsT, waned as Chaucer grew more and...