The Poet as Petitioner
- Author / Editor
- Burrow, J. A.
The Poet as Petitioner
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 3 (1981): 61-75.
- Description
- Although Chaucer frequently uses petitionary devices, he seldom seems comfortable in the humble role (cf. For, Purse,Scog). Usually he distorts the pattern in fictive and outrageous fashion (HF, LGW) to make jest of humility.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.