Chaucer's Envoys and the Poet Diplomat
- Author / Editor
- Bertolet, Craig E.
Chaucer's Envoys and the Poet Diplomat
- Published
- Chaucer Review 33 (1998): 66-89.
- Description
- Chaucer's envoys should be examined not within the context of history but within the context of the art of letter writing, the medieval concept of friendship, and the description of late medieval diplomacy. Chaucer's is a "public stance," which simultaneously imparts counsel, not policy, and allows the moral messages of his texts to suggest possible solutions.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.