Genre and Authority: The Eighteenth-Century Creation of Chaucerian Burlesque
- Author / Editor
- Dane, Joseph A.
Genre and Authority: The Eighteenth-Century Creation of Chaucerian Burlesque
- Published
- Huntington Library Quarterly 48 (1985): 345-62.
- Description
- A double reception was given Th in the eighteenth century. Dane agrees with Warton that Th is not a "grave heroic narrative" but a humorous tale. The burlesque Th is an eighteenth-century creation. Treats genre of Th and SqT and twentieth-century reception of Th.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
- Tale of Sir Thopas.
- Squire and His Tale.