Chaucer's 'Chronographiae,' the Confounded Reader, and Fourteenth-Century Measurements of Time
- Author / Editor
- Travis, Peter [W.]
Chaucer's 'Chronographiae,' the Confounded Reader, and Fourteenth-Century Measurements of Time
- Published
- Disputatio 2 (1997): 1-34
- Description
- Describes five medieval ways of looking at time (computistical, philosophical, mechanical, astrolabic, kalendric) and examines three Chaucerian passages that appear to indicate exact dates and time of day. Concludes that each passage presents an intentional "insolubilium" through which Chaucer forces readers to focus on the process of intellection.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.