'To Ears of Flesh and Blood': Some Uses of the Sensational in Medieval English Literature

Author / Editor
Hasenfratz, Robert Joseph.

Title
'To Ears of Flesh and Blood': Some Uses of the Sensational in Medieval English Literature

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 50 (1989): 439A-440A.

Description
Examines the emotional exploitation of the grotesque and sensational in the light of various modern critical views. Analyzes writings from Old English homilies to Margery Kempe, including Chaucer's ClT and PhyT.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Clerk and His Tale.
Physician and His Tale.