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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chaucer, Geoffrey
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Tale Of Melibeus

Introduction:

The Tale of Melibeus is in prose. It is a rather close translation
of a French original, and it has usually been regarded as a fairly dull
performance. The tale is a treatise rather than a narrative, though there
is a very thin line of action involving an attack on a daughter of Melibeus
and his coming to a decision as to the kind of vengeance he will seek. When
the tale is defended, it is usually on the ground that medieval audiences
had a taste for sermonizing that is lacking in modern readers. It is suited
to ...

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