Chaucer's Literate Characters Reading Their Texts : Interpreting Infinite Regression, or the Narcissus Syndrome
- Author / Editor
- Jost, Jean E.
Chaucer's Literate Characters Reading Their Texts : Interpreting Infinite Regression, or the Narcissus Syndrome
- Published
- Albrecht Classen, ed. The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages. (New York and London: Garland, 1998), pp. 171-217.
- Description
- Chaucer involves his readers in a romancelike quest of introspection. By way of infinite regression, they encounter first the text, then a reading character, and finally themselves. The process encourages both Socratic self-knowledge and pleasurable Narcissistic self-absorption. TC, BD, HF, MLT, MerT, WBPT, and NPT receive the most comment.
- Contributor
- Classen, Albrecht,ed.
- Alternative Title
- The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Merchant and His Tale.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.
- Book of the Duchess.
- House of Fame.
- Troilus and Criseyde.