Genre and Authority: The Eighteenth-Century Creation of Chaucerian Burlesque

Author / Editor
Dane, Joseph A.

Title
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.