Gesture in Chaucer's Poetry

Author / Editor
Benson, Robert George.

Title
Gesture in Chaucer's Poetry

Published
DAI 35.06 (1974): 3670A.

Description
Considers the uses of gestures in Chaucer's poetry: "simplistic" uses in HF and PF, broad variety in CT, and the complex characterization of Pandarus in TC. Focuses on expressive movements and postures of body and face, along with laughing, moaning, and the like.

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls
Canterbury Tales--General
Troilus and Criseyde
Style and Versification