Moralized Beasts: The Development of Medieval Fable and Bestiary, Particularly from the Twelfth Through the Fifteenth Centuries in England and France
- Author / Editor
- Henderson, Arnold Clayton.
Moralized Beasts: The Development of Medieval Fable and Bestiary, Particularly from the Twelfth Through the Fifteenth Centuries in England and France
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 59 (1999): 2489A.
- Description
- Fables present a worldlier view than do Christian bestiaries, and neither genre presented a worldview full enough for Chaucer or other writers. Fable became more Christian, developing witty moralization, sharply drawn personae, and more vivid style (shown in a wide variety of English and French writers).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.