Was Chaucer a Poet?
- Author / Editor
- Spearing, A. C.
Was Chaucer a Poet?
- Published
- Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic Literary Studies 73 (2010): 41-54.
- Description
- Despite Chaucer's characteristic humility about his poetry and the absence of any references to poetry in his "Life-Records," critics are wrong to deemphasize the respect that subsequent writers accorded to his writing. Imitation of Chaucer's poetic techniques is evidence that Chaucer was a master poet.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion