Chaucer and Wyclif: Biblical Hermeneutic and Literary Theory in XIVth Century

Author / Editor
Jeffrey, David Lyle.

Title
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.