The Representation of Mind from Chaucer to Aphra Behn

Author / Editor
Fludernik, Monika.

Title
The Representation of Mind from Chaucer to Aphra Behn

Published
Gerd Bayer and Ebbe Klitgård, eds. Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 40-59.

Description
Compares the ways narratives deal with interiority before and after the year 1500, noting an increase in the use of metaphorical language and allegories of the characters' emotions.

Alternative Title
Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.