`...a concerted, intelligent reappraisal of both the tales themselves and their reception by previous generations of critics....The collection's greatest strength is the amount and quality of attention it gives to the critical tradition surrounding Chaucer's religious tales...a rich, varied and interesting collection that should amply fulfil its announced purpose, stimulating further critical re-examinations of an unduly neglected group of Chaucer's tales. NOTES AND QUERIESCharacterized by a determination to do justice to a neglected area of Chaucer's work...throws up many insights. MLR`advance(s) our critical understanding of this group of tales by several degrees -inspiration for further study, exploration, and appreciation.

• IntroductionChaucer's Religious Tales: A Question of GenreChaucer's Tales of Transcendence: Rhyme Royal and Christian Prayer in the Canterbury TalesPathos in Chaucer's Religious TalesThe Protestant ChaucerCritical Approaches to the Clerk's TaleCritical Approaches to the Man of Law's TaleCritical Approaches to the Prioress's Tale and the Second Nun's TaleNominalism and the Dynamics of the Clerk's Tale: Homo Viator as WomanThe Spiritual Heroism of Chaucer's CustancePoetic Variety in the Man of Law's and the Clerk's TalesAspects of Female Piety in the Prioress's TaleThe Second Nun's TalePatterns of Feminine and Masculine Persuasion in the Melibee and the Parson's Tale

`...a concerted, intelligent reappraisal of both the tales themselves and their reception by previous generations of critics....The collection's greatest strength is the amount and quality of attention it gives to the critical tradition surrounding Chaucer's religious tales...a rich, varied and interesting collection that should amply fulfil its announced purpose, stimulating further critical re-examinations of an unduly neglected group of Chaucer's tales. NOTES AND QUERIESCharacterized by a determination to do justice to a neglected area of Chaucer's work...throws up many insights. MLR`advance(s) our critical understanding of this group of tales by several degrees -inspiration for further study, exploration, and appreciation.

• IntroductionChaucer's Religious Tales: A Question of GenreChaucer's Tales of Transcendence: Rhyme Royal and Christian Prayer in the Canterbury TalesPathos in Chaucer's Religious TalesThe Protestant ChaucerCritical Approaches to the Clerk's TaleCritical Approaches to the Man of Law's TaleCritical Approaches to the Prioress's Tale and the Second Nun's TaleNominalism and the Dynamics of the Clerk's Tale: Homo Viator as WomanThe Spiritual Heroism of Chaucer's CustancePoetic Variety in the Man of Law's and the Clerk's TalesAspects of Female Piety in the Prioress's TaleThe Second Nun's TalePatterns of Feminine and Masculine Persuasion in the Melibee and the Parson's Tale

`...a concerted, intelligent reappraisal of both the tales themselves and their reception by previous generations of critics....The collection's greatest strength is the amount and quality of attention it gives to the critical tradition surrounding Chaucer's religious tales...a rich, varied and interesting collection that should amply fulfil its announced purpose, stimulating further critical re-examinations of an unduly neglected group of Chaucer's tales. NOTES AND QUERIESCharacterized by a determination to do justice to a neglected area of Chaucer's work...throws up many insights. MLR`advance(s) our critical understanding of this group of tales by several degrees -inspiration for further study, exploration, and appreciation.

• IntroductionChaucer's Religious Tales: A Question of GenreChaucer's Tales of Transcendence: Rhyme Royal and Christian Prayer in the Canterbury TalesPathos in Chaucer's Religious TalesThe Protestant ChaucerCritical Approaches to the Clerk's TaleCritical Approaches to the Man of Law's TaleCritical Approaches to the Prioress's Tale and the Second Nun's TaleNominalism and the Dynamics of the Clerk's Tale: Homo Viator as WomanThe Spiritual Heroism of Chaucer's CustancePoetic Variety in the Man of Law's and the Clerk's TalesAspects of Female Piety in the Prioress's TaleThe Second Nun's TalePatterns of Feminine and Masculine Persuasion in the Melibee and the Parson's Tale