An 'Ethnography of Reading' in Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Coleman, Joyce.
An 'Ethnography of Reading' in Chaucer
- Published
- Joyce Coleman. Public Reading and the Reading Public in Late Medieval England and France (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 148-78.
- Description
- Internal evidence in Chaucer's works indicates that he expected his works to be read aloud--both by himself and to an immediate, first audience and by prelectors to later audiences. Chaucer's references to the reception of his work, his references to the reception of others' works, and his depictions of receptions indicate the community of hearers assumed in his literature.
- Alternative Title
- Public Reading and the Reading Public in Late Medieval England and France.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.