Varieties of Medieval Historicism
- Author / Editor
- Knapp, Peggy A.
Varieties of Medieval Historicism
- Published
- Chaucer Yearbook 1 (1992): 157-75.
- Description
- Curry's and Robertson's critical efforts seek to disclose stable, authoritative meaning; they reflect the hermeneutics of Hirsch, concerned with finding valid interpretation. The efforts of Aers and Patterson reflect Gadamer's reconstruction of history through an archeology of language and Habermus's critique of language as distorting. Considers critics' views of the Wife of Bath.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.