The Descriptive Art of the 'General Prologue' to the 'Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Richardson-Hay, Christine.

Title
The Descriptive Art of the 'General Prologue' to the 'Canterbury Tales'

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 49 (1988): 43C.

Description
Discusses the artistry of Chaucer's GP portraits: their relationship to contemporary literary expectations and the "conventional medieval portrait," their order, their importance in creating a "sense or 'reality,'" and their "interaction" with subsequent links and tales.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.