'Chaucerian Realist': A Study of Mimesis in the Canterbury Pilgrimage

Author / Editor
Shilkett, Carol Lee.

Title
'Chaucerian Realist': A Study of Mimesis in the Canterbury Pilgrimage

Published
DAI 33.09 (1973): 5141A.

Description
Considers Chaucer's realism, seeking to define it "inductively" through close reading of GP, the links between the tales, and the "confessional monologues" of CT. Focuses on concrete descriptions, dialogue, and "haphazard organization and juxtaposition" as devices.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Style and Versification