Chaucer and Bawdy
- Author / Editor
- Simes, G. R.
Chaucer and Bawdy
- Published
- Geraldine Barnes, John Gunn, Sonya Jensen, and Lee Jobling, eds. Words and Wordsmiths: A Volume for H. L. Rogers (Sydney: University of Sydney, 1989), pp. 91-112.
- Description
- One of the most consistent strands of controversy has been Chaucer's reputation for the "bawdy" in CT. What has been objected to as "bawdy," "ribaldry," "wantonness," "scurrility," "incivility," and so on "has "shifted and changed over the centuries, corresponding to the level of social and moral repression of sexuality, and as notions of the relationship between literature and morality have evolved."
- Alternative Title
- Words and Wordsmiths: A Volume for H. L. Rogers.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.