Chaucer and Comparative Literary Theory

Author / Editor
Minnis, A. J.

Title
Chaucer and Comparative Literary Theory

Published
Donald M. Rose, ed. New Perspectives in Chaucer Criticism (Norman Okla.: Pilgrim Books, 1981), pp. 53-69.

Description
In response to Morton Bloomfield, "Contemporary Literary Theory and Chaucer," Minnis distinguishes between the "alterity" and the "modernity" of medieval literature, arguing that medieval theories of literature should be applied to Chaucer.

Alternative Title
New Perspectives in Chaucer Criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.