The 'Canterbury Tales': The Aesthetics of Humor

Author / Editor
Scoppettone, Stefanie Anne.

Title
The 'Canterbury Tales': The Aesthetics of Humor

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 57 (1996): 2496A.

Description
Though Chaucer has been scorned for creating humor, the bulk of CT is serious, and seriousness and humor should no longer be perceived as mutually antagonistic. Chaucer's humor develops as a structuring "glue" arising through literary methods that subvert genre and style.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.