The New Humanism and Geoffrey Chaucer

Author / Editor
Fisher, John H.

Title
The New Humanism and Geoffrey Chaucer

Published
Soundings 80 (1997): 23-39.

Description
Examines the evolution of the word "humanism" and explores Chaucer's artistic application of fourteenth-century nominalism as it relates to his fusion of medieval ideas of community, tradition, and the emerging figure of the individual. Treats CT, KnT, MLT, SNT, PrT, TC, LGWP, and HF.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Canterbury Tales--General.
House of Fame.
House of Fame.