Chaucer in His Time

Author / Editor
Blake, N. F.

Title
Chaucer in His Time

Published
William C. Johnson and Loren C. Gruber, eds. "New" Views on Chaucer: Essays in Generative Criticism (Denver: Society for New Language Study, 1973), pp. 1-7.

Description
Argues that in late medieval English poetry (including Chaucer's) tone is "more likely to be found in the disposition" of rhetorical units larger than individual words and phrases. Draws illustrative examples from CT, TC, and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," focusing on the importance of juxtaposition.

Alternative Title
New Views on Chaucer: Essays in Generative Criticism.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification