Article Title
(In)Completeness in Middle English Literature: The Case of the Cook’s Tale and the Tale of Gamelyn
Abstract
This essay considers the ways in which incompleteness – the de facto status of virtually all of Middle English literature – is both a type of failure and a special characteristic of this literature. The discussion is framed around the incomplete Cook's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the Tale of Gamelyn, a romance frequently misattributed to Chaucer that circulated with the Canterbury Tales, often to fill the gap left by the incomplete Cook's Tale.
Recommended Citation
Stinson, Timothy
(2017)
"(In)Completeness in Middle English Literature: The Case of the Cook’s Tale and the Tale of Gamelyn,"
Manuscript Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://repository.upenn.edu/mss_sims/vol1/iss1/7
