Biblical Exegesis, Typology, and the Imagination of Chaucer

Author / Editor
Besserman, Lawrence [L.]

Title
Biblical Exegesis, Typology, and the Imagination of Chaucer

Published
Hugh T. Keenan, ed. Typology and English Medieval Literature (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 183-205.

Description
Chaucer uses biblical exegesis and typology for thematic purposes. In ClT, Griselda is portrayed as "pharmakos," a "figura Christi," through Chaucer's addition of biblical colorings and the typological juxtaposition of her character and actions with those of Walter.

Alternative Title
Typology and English Medieval Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale.