Unacknowledged Legislators: Prophetic Poets from Chaucer to Today

Author / Editor
An, Sonjae (Brother Anthony).

Title
Unacknowledged Legislators: Prophetic Poets from Chaucer to Today

Published
Jacek Fisiak and Hye-Kyung Kang, eds. Recent Trends in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Young-Bae Park (Seoul, South Korea: Thaehaksa, 2005), vol. 1, pp. 283-308.

Description
The compassion for human failure and potential failure in Chaucer's GP reflects Christian awareness of sin and grace. Like later poets Christopher Hill, Seamus Heaney, and Ko Un (Korea), Chaucer is a "prophet-poet" whose recognition of human suffering and error is modified by awareness of beauty.

Alternative Title
Recent Trends in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Young-Bae Park.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.