The Authority of Text: Nicholas of Lyra's Judaeo-Christian Hermeneutic and 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Wauhkonen, Rhonda.
The Authority of Text: Nicholas of Lyra's Judaeo-Christian Hermeneutic and 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Florilegium 11 (1992): 141-59.
- Description
- The hermeneutic method in Nicholas of Lyra's "Postilla" gave new richness to the understanding of the biblical "sensus literalis," expanding it to include parabolic senses and typology, and fostered more interactive reading. Similar principles seem to govern Chaucer's hermeneutics, especially in NPT, which focuses on problems of adequate interpretation of and response to texts.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.