Divine Order and Human Freedom in Chaucer's Poetry and Philosophical Tradition

Author / Editor
Zanoni, Mary Louise.

Title
Divine Order and Human Freedom in Chaucer's Poetry and Philosophical Tradition

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 42 (1982): 5115A.

Description
Chaucer's use of philosophy, classic and medieval, goes far beyond Boethius. KnT explores order and disorder in terms of scholasticism; TC treats will and determinism in the light of views from Augustine to Bradwardine; and NPT subtly inverts scholastic orthodoxy on these themes.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Knight and His Tale.
Nun's Priest and His Tale.
Troilus and Criseyde.