Chaucer and Literary History

Author / Editor
Spolsky, Ellen.

Title
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.