The Antiquarian as Literary Artist: Virginia Woolf on Chaucer

Author / Editor
Lakshmi, Vijay.

Title
The Antiquarian as Literary Artist: Virginia Woolf on Chaucer

Published
Osmania Journal of English Studies 17 (1981): 19-25.

Description
Woolf manages, in her essay "The Pastons and Chaucer," artfully and expertly to conjure up the medieval period while also insisting that Chaucer's gift as a storyteller depends on his creation of an art that improves upon life.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.