Chaucer and Hermeneutics

Author / Editor
Ridley, Florence H.

Title
Chaucer and Hermeneutics

Published
Patrick J. Gallacher and Helen Damico, eds. Hermeneutics and Medieval Culture (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989), pp. 15-25.

Description
Ridley views certain aspects of hermeneutic study of Chaucer, in company with certain modes of classical rhetoric, to "help us better to understand both 'how' the poet crafted his poetry and 'why' as a medieval writer he did so."

Alternative Title
Hermeneutics and Medieval Culture.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.