Another Look and an Old 'Science' : Chaucer's Pilgrims and Physiognomy
- Author / Editor
- Wurtele, Douglas (J).
Another Look and an Old 'Science' : Chaucer's Pilgrims and Physiognomy
- Published
- A. E. Christa Canitz and Gernot R. Wieland, eds. From Arabye to Engelond: Medieval Studies in Honour of Mahmoud Manzalaoui on His 75th Birthday (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1999), pp. 93-111.
- Description
- Surveys Chaucer's uses of physiognomic detail in descriptions of the Canterbury pilgrims, especially in GP. Chaucer uses these details in various, often ironic ways.
- Alternative Title
- From Arabye to Engelond: Medieval Studies in Honour of Mahmoud Manzalaoui on His 75th Birthday.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.