Definition by Comparison: Chaucer, Lawrence and Joyce.
- Author / Editor
- Miller, Milton.
Definition by Comparison: Chaucer, Lawrence and Joyce.
- Published
- Essays in Criticism: A Quarterly Journal of Literary Criticism 3, no. 4 (1953): 369-81
- Description
- Challenges Matthew Arnold's claim that Chaucer lacks "high seriousness," arguing that Chaucer's "Christian point of view" reflects seriousness beyond either comedy or tragedy, expressing pity and love for the human condition and humble acceptance of human folly. Compares nuances of Chaucer's and Dante's perspectives, assesses the "vitalism" of NPT and D. H. Lawrence's "The Man Who Died," and explores the "haunting vision of ideal and pure love" in BD and James Joyce's "The Dead."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Book of tthe Duchess
Nun's Priest and His Tale