Chaucer and His Audience

Author / Editor
Reiss, Edmund.

Title
Chaucer and His Audience

Published
Chaucer Review 14 (1980): 390-402.

Description
Chaucer's audience influenced his familiar material and subjects to convey his points. Their ability to evaluate and judge must have figured in his manipulation of truth and seeming in the stories. We must use their intended presence in responding to his work.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.