Humanism in Chaucer

Author / Editor
Shigeo, Hisashi.

Title
Humanism in Chaucer

Published
S. Ishii and Peter Milward, eds. Fools in Renaissance Literature. Renaissance Literature Series, vol. 14. (Tokyo: Aratake-Shuppan, 1983), pp. 22-55.

Description
Although fools hardly appear in Chaucer, in his own self-caricature the poet often plays the clown, as in CT and TC. Italian influence on Chaucer's comic vision is greater than that of the French "fabliaux."
In Japanese.

Alternative Title
Fools in Renaissance Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.