Deconstructing 'The Canterbury Tales': Pro

Author / Editor
Knapp, Peggy A.

Title
Deconstructing 'The Canterbury Tales': Pro

Published
John V. Fleming and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 2, 1986 (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1987), pp. 73-81.

Description
Deconstructive readings of CT can reopen the study of historical "particulars," allowing readings from various interpretative communities. Instead of generalized acceptance of "the medieval world view" or of direct historical references suggesting authorial intention, the new task will entail a "reimagining of the past."

Alternative Title
Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 2 (1986)

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.