The Spring Motif and the Subversion of Guaranteed Meaning in Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Yesufu, Abdul R.

Title
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.