Chaucer's Conversion: Allegorical Thought in Medieval Literature
- Author / Editor
- Gillmeister, Heiner.
Chaucer's Conversion: Allegorical Thought in Medieval Literature
- Published
- New York and Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1984.
- Physical Description
- 281 pp.
- Series
- Aspekt der englischen Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte, no. 02.
- Description
- Identification of the source, 1 Samuel 6, of "Truth, a "poeme a clef," leads to the question of how allegorical interpretations of a medieval exegete could impinge on the poet's life and work. Emphasizing medieval name lore (onomastics), the author argues that by an allegorical interpretation of his own name Chaucer revised his life and work. Treats allegorical meaning of CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Truth.
- Canterbury Tales--General.