The 'Canterbury Tales' and the Good Society
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Paul.
The 'Canterbury Tales' and the Good Society
- Published
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986.
- Description
- CT reflects the social, political, economic, and intellectual milieu of the late fourteenth century: the tales arise from Chaucer's deep concern about contemporary crises and his conviction that the "parlement"--all levels of society engaged in dialogue--could serve as an agent of healing and renewal.
- Drawing on Wittgenstein and Pike, Olson examines the "meaning of Chaucer's language"; GP, estates theory, and the "age and body" of time; tales of court and country: KnT, MilT, RvT; MLT and English Christian law; Th and Mel on temporal power and art; GP Prioress, PrT, SNT, NPT, MkT, FrT, PardT, SumT, and WBT in light of fourteenth-century spirituality and monasticism; and ParsT as Reason's reconstruction. In the working out of the interlacing theme, the renewal of society, CT is complete.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.