Aesthetic Attention and the Chaucerian Text
- Author / Editor
- Knapp, Peggy A.
Aesthetic Attention and the Chaucerian Text
- Published
- Chaucer Review 39 (2005): 241-58
- Description
- Knapp argues that a historicized, aesthetic appreciation of Chaucer is possible, despite recent tendencies to focus on ideological issues only. The aesthetic theories of Kant and Gadamer help to explain the roles of subjectivity, universality, and genius in the perception of aesthetic value. The article comments on Bo, CT, and TC.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Boece