Chaucer, Ruiz and the Voices of Human Reason : Penitential Theology and Rhetorical Example in the 'Canterbury Tales' and the 'Libro de buen amor'
- Author / Editor
- Benavides, Ronald Gabriel.
Chaucer, Ruiz and the Voices of Human Reason : Penitential Theology and Rhetorical Example in the 'Canterbury Tales' and the 'Libro de buen amor'
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 50 (1990): 3232A.
- Description
- Penitential theology, as derived from St. Augustine and subsequent writers, holds humanity to be sinful yet possessed of reason and hence of responsibility. ParsT and Ruiz's Prologue examine this tradition with examples to reveal human nature; thus, they teach their audiences how to understand the texts.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.