Chaucer and the European Tradition
- Author / Editor
- Wetherbee, Winthrop, III
Chaucer and the European Tradition
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 27 (2005): 3-21
- Description
- The Presidential Address, The New Chaucer Society, Fourteenth International Congress, 15-19 July 2004, University of Glasgow. Explores Chaucer's idea of "serious poetry," derived from French and Italian models. Comments on Chaucer's treatments of heroism and tragedy, the political implications of poetry, and Chaucer's fusion of courtly and classical traditions. Discusses TC, KnT, and NPT and gives particular attention to MkT (especially Hugolino) as Chaucer's exploration of inadequate poetry.
- Alternative Title
- Presidential Address, The New Chaucer Society, Fourteenth International Congress, 15-19 July 2004, University of Glasgow.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
- Monk and His Tale.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Knight and His Tale.
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.