From Medieval to Renaissance? Chaucer's Position on Past Gentility

Author / Editor
Minnis, A. J.

Title
From Medieval to Renaissance? Chaucer's Position on Past Gentility

Published
Proceedings of the British Academy 72 (1986): 205-46.

Description
Discusses whether Chaucer is a medieval or a Renaissance poet, examining Chaucer's attitudes toward his world and the process by which Chaucer was inspired.
Minnis defines Chaucer as a "medieval 'classicizer'" and a "poet of the past."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.