Development of the Art of Portraiture in Chaucer's 'General Prologue'
- Author / Editor
- Owen, Charles A.,Jr.
Development of the Art of Portraiture in Chaucer's 'General Prologue'
- Published
- Leeds Studies in English 14 (1983): 116-33.
- Description
- In GP, Chaucer changed approaches, developed new techniques, and became increasingly critical of society. Increased use of similes suggests that the portraits of the Squire, Monk, Friar, Miller, Manciple, Reeve, Summoner, and Pardoner were added later. Pairing, grouping, and placing of portraits exploit meaning.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.