Chaucer and Literary Genre

Author / Editor
Panzarella, Patrick Joseph.

Title
Chaucer and Literary Genre

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 38 (1977): 1375A.

Description
Chaucer does not attempt to work within the framework of such established literary forms as romance and fabliau. The flaws in the genre approach become evident when the tales are judged from the broader perspective of medieval rhetoric and poetic.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.