The Old Order and the 'Newe World' in the General Prologue to the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Higgs, Elton D.
The Old Order and the 'Newe World' in the General Prologue to the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Huntington Library Quarterly 45 (1982): 155-73.
- Description
- The Knight and the pilgrims in his group represent the physical world and its transformation, the Clerk and his group reflect the changes in the intellectual sphere of society, and the Plowman and the Parson are the ideal representatives of the spiritual realm of society, while the other pilgrims in this group are indicative of the decline of spiritual values.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.