Chaucer and the Gift (If There Is Any)
- Author / Editor
- Harwood, Britton J.
Chaucer and the Gift (If There Is Any)
- Published
- Studies in Philology 103 (2006): 26-46.
- Description
- Explores gift-giving in Part 5 of CT, from the magical gifts given to Ghengis Khan in SqT to the concern with generosity that ends FranT. Uses Derridean notions of gifts and exchange to argue that the sequence is Chaucer's means to "erase unproductive expenditure . . . by safely framing and containing it by economy and exchange."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Squire and His Tale.
- Franklin and His Tale.