Chaucer and Late Medieval Scholasticism: A Preliminary Study of Individuality and Experience

Author / Editor
Wass, Rosemary Thérèse Ann.

Title
Chaucer and Late Medieval Scholasticism: A Preliminary Study of Individuality and Experience

Published
DAI 35.08 (1974): 5124A.

Description
Counters "Robertsonian" or exegetical criticism of Chaucer's works, particularly its neglect of "later scholastic philosophy," focusing on views of individuality and experience found in writers such as Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. Includes sustained attention to the exemplary value of PhyT, NPT, and ManT, and the characterizations of the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, and Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Physician and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Manciple and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde