Chaucer and the Rehearsal of Voices

Author / Editor
Justman, Stewart.

Title
Chaucer and the Rehearsal of Voices

Published
Stewart Justman. The Springs of Liberty: The Satiric Tradition and Freedom of Speech (Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1999), pp. 22-33.

Description
Bakhtinian analysis of Chaucer's polyphonic satiric techniques in CT, especially GP and MilT, emphasizing their place in the development of English satire and the rise of realism and journalistic claims of accurate reportage. Treats Chaucer's pilgrims as "voices" rather than "characters," and examines the narrator's apologies for reporting accurately in CT and the Nun's Priest's apology in NPT.

Alternative Title
The Springs of Liberty: The Satiric Tradition and Freedom of Speech.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Miller and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale