The Spring Motif and the Subversion of Guaranteed Meaning in Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Yesufu, Abdul R.
The Spring Motif and the Subversion of Guaranteed Meaning in Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- English Studies in Africa 38:2 (1995): 1-15.
- Description
- Examines Chaucer's uses of the "reverdie" of spring and allusions to the season especially in GP and elsewhere in CT.
- Chaucer deconstructs the traditional connotations of springtime imagery, suggesting that spring distracts humanity from spiritual pursuits.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.