'Old,' 'New' and 'Yong' in Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- David, Alfred.
'Old,' 'New' and 'Yong' in Chaucer
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 15 (1993): 5-21.
- Description
- Explores the "deep structure" of nostalgia in Chaucer's works. New/old and young/old oppositions indicate that BD and TC reflect Chaucer's desire for lost courtliness, while CT--especially WBP, WBT, PardP, and PardT--suggests his wish to accomodate a brave new world.
- Alternative Title
- The Presidential Address. The New Chaucer Society Eighth International Congress, August 1-4, 1992. The University of Washington, Seattle.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Book of the Duchess.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Pardoner and His Tale.