Chaucer and the Sociology of Literature

Author / Editor
Knight, Stephen.

Title
Chaucer and the Sociology of Literature

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 2 (1980): 15-51.

Description
Modern sociological theories of criticism are applied to Chaucer's major works--BD, HF, PF, TC, and CT. In particular Pierre Macherey's ideological analysis is applied to structure and mimesis in Chaucer, and Jacques Lacan's theories on subjectivity to characterization.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.