Chaucer's Representations of Posture

Author / Editor
Redwine, Bruce.

Title
Chaucer's Representations of Posture

Published
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 89 (1988): 312-19.

Description
Favorable descriptions of persons in heroic writings generally emphasize gross size, erect posture, and directness in approach, whereas courtly texts, such as Chaucer's, represent largeness as unattractive or unrefined. The latter clearly value humble bearing and indirection in both women and men. Discusses TC, CT, and PF.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.