Chaucer and Medieval Irony
- Author / Editor
- Reiss, Edmund.
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.