Nominalism and Typology in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Delasanta, Rodney (K.)

Title
Nominalism and Typology in Chaucer

Published
Hugh T. Keenan, ed. Typology and English Medieval Literature (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 121-39.

Description
The pilgrim narrator of CT represents the views of nominalist epistemology, creating a tension in the text as Chaucer the poet continues to uphold a more traditional epistemology based on "ante-rem," "in-rem," and "post-rem" universals.

Alternative Title
Typology and English Medieval Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.