The Archaic and the Modern

Author / Editor
Brewer, Derek.

Title
The Archaic and the Modern

Published
Derek Brewer, Tradition and Innovation in Chaucer (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1982), pp. 1-21.

Description
Characterizes several differences between the archaic (prescientific) and modern mindsets: literal vs. relative, oral vs. literate, mythic vs. scientific. Includes a brief discussion of Chaucer's mixture of the two.

Alternative Title
Tradition and Innovation in Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism