Chaucer and his English Contemporaries
Prologue and Tale in The Canterbury Tales
Book
About this book
Introduction
Modern ways of presenting Chaucer have often made his work seem 'normal' so that The Canterbury Tales and its much-studied General Prologue are seen as archetypes of narrative and prologue. Tony Davenport argues that study of Chaucer's major work alongside contemporary English poems reveals the odd and extreme aspects of Chaucer's writing as well as the daring and experimental qualities in his work. The focus of the book is on strategies of narrative and discourse, but also includes discussion of other much-studied Middle English poems.
Keywords
argue Chaucer discourse English genre Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval Literature Middle Ages poem prologue satire writing
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26738-5
- Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
- Publisher Name Palgrave, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection
- Print ISBN 978-0-333-60132-7
- Online ISBN 978-1-349-26738-5
- About this book