Chaucer's Speaking Voice and Its Effect on His Listeners' Perception of Criseyde

Author / Editor
Rowland, Beryl.

Title
Chaucer's Speaking Voice and Its Effect on His Listeners' Perception of Criseyde

Published
English Studies in Canada (Toronto): 7, 2 (1981): 129-40.

Description
The narrator establishes a relationship with the audience to give the impression that they are jointly and empirically exploring human nature. His continuous presence and the mode of oral delivery enables the narrator to impose his views on the audience, especially his view of Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.