Chaucer and Literary History
- Author / Editor
- Spolsky, Ellen.
Chaucer and Literary History
- Published
- Hebrew University Studies in Literature and the Arts 16 (1988): 51-67.
- Description
- Argues that for most Chaucerian scholars historical criticism,which necessarily recognizes generic and cultural differences between our own time and the Middle Ages, is outweighed by aesthetic criticism, which is viewer-centered and oriented toward present, even personal, values and significance.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.