Chaucer and his English Contemporaries
- Author / Editor
- Kirk, Elizabeth D.
Chaucer and his English Contemporaries
- Published
- George D. Economou, ed. Geoffrey Chaucer: A Collection of Original Articles (New York: McGraw Hill, 1976), pp. 111-27.
- Description
- Chaucer shares literary conventions with the writers of his age. Both he and Gower use framed stories, Chaucer exploiting to the fullest both frame and story. Langland and Chaucer share the use of symbols, but Chaucer's are more expansive. Chaucer and the "Pearl"-Poet share word play. Chaucer also uses the conventions of romance, lyric, sermon,and proverb.
- Alternative Title
- Geoffrey Chaucer: A Collection of Original Articles.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.