Chaucer's Use of the Word 'Tragedy': A Semantic Analysis
- Author / Editor
- Kaylor, Noel Harold (Jr.)
Chaucer's Use of the Word 'Tragedy': A Semantic Analysis
- Published
- Claudia Blank, and others, eds. Language and Civilization: A Concerted Profusion of Essays and Studies in Honour of Otto Hietsch, 2 vols. (New York: Peter Lang, 1992), vol. 2, pp. 431-45.
- Description
- TC is Chaucer's only fully realized tragedy. Interrupted by the Knight to show its limitations, MkT satisfies only the "minimal medieval expectations" of the genre, lacking elevated subject matter. Kaylor explores the term "tragedy" by reference to Boethius, Dante, and Boccaccio.
- Alternative Title
- Language and Civilization: A Concerted Profusion of Essays and Studies in Honour of Otto Hietsch. 2 Volumes.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Monk and His Tale.
- Language and Word Studies.