Chaucer and Wyclif: Biblical Hermeneutic and Literary Theory in XIVth Century
- Author / Editor
- Jeffrey, David Lyle.
Chaucer and Wyclif: Biblical Hermeneutic and Literary Theory in XIVth Century
- Published
- David Lyle Jeffrey, ed. Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1984), pp. 109-40.
- Description
- Until 1369, Wyclif, powerful and influential, dominated Oxford; the "Lollard Knights" were prestigious men of court;and John of Gaunt was patron of both Chaucer and Wyclif. Appendix applies Wyclif's ideas to Chaucer's poetry: Gent, Truth, Form Age, Mel, HF, CT, and ParsT.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.