Chaucer and Medieval Irony

Author / Editor
Reiss, Edmund.

Title
Chaucer and Medieval Irony

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 1 (1979): 67-82.

Description
The inherent irony of CT stems from a Neoplatonic or Augustinian world view in which poetic tale-telling is an inadequate reflection of reality. This particularly medieval irony necessitates the inclusion of Ret, whereby art leads beyond time and space to Truth.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Retraction.