Deconstructing 'The Canterbury Tales': Pro
- Author / Editor
- Knapp, Peggy A.
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 Instead of generalized acceptance of "the medieval world view" or of direct historical references suggesting authorial intention, the new task will entail a "reimagining of the past."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.