Chaucer. Lollius, and the Medieval Theory of Authorship
- Author / Editor
- Millett, Bella.
Chaucer. Lollius, and the Medieval Theory of Authorship
- Published
- Paul Strohm and Thomas J. Heffernan, eds. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1, 1984 (Knoxville, Tenn.: New Chaucer Society, 1985), pp. 93-103.
- Description
- Invoking recent attempts by Minnis and by Allen to establish a medieval literary theory by which to measure Chaucer, Millett analyzes Chaucer's use in TC of the "auctor," "Lollius," a "transparent literary artifice." Through his "parody of the 'compilator's' pose," Chaucer challenges basic values of "the medieval theory of authorship."
- Alternative Title
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Proceedings, No. 1 (1984)
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.