Literary Criticism in William Godwin's 'Life of Chaucer'

Author / Editor
Clogan, Paul M.

Title
Literary Criticism in William Godwin's 'Life of Chaucer'

Published
Medievalia et Humanistica 6 (1975): 189-98.

Description
Godwin's literary criticism of Chaucer's poetry contributed to the Romantic conception of Chaucer the man. His "Life" gives insight into the idea of the Middle Ages in early-nineteenth-century England.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Life.