Chaucer and the Noise of the People
- Author / Editor
- Ganim, John M.
Chaucer and the Noise of the People
- Published
- Exemplaria 2 (1990): 71-88.
- Description
- Chaucer represents popular discourse as analogous to social, historical, and even apocalyptic disruption. He thus variously attempts to contain and to release its power: In TC, disruption can be temporarily contained by heroic action; in KnT, it functions as an uncontrollable historical agent; in NPT, it is presented comically in animal form but is nonetheless powerful; and in MilT, it is articulated as a festive release.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Knight and His Tale.
- Miller and His Tale.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.