Prologue a l'humour: Le prologue de Chaucer, prefiguration de la litterature humoristique

Author / Editor
Suhamy, Henri.

Title
Prologue a l'humour: Le prologue de Chaucer, prefiguration de la litterature humoristique

Published
Danielle Buschinger and Wolfgang Spiewok, eds. Etudes de linguistique et de litterature en l'honneur d'Andre Crepin. Greifswalder Beitrage zum Mittelalter 5, WODAN ser., no. 20 (Greifswald: Reinede, 1993), pp. 383-91.

Description
GP prefigures the comedy of humours in its emphasis on body language, while the depth and complexity of Chaucer's wit make him a forerunner of Shakespeare and Dickens.

Alternative Title
Etudes de linguistique et de litterature en l'honneur d'Andre Crepin.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.