The Poetry of the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Knight, Stephen
The Poetry of the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Sydney: Angus and Roberstosn, 1973.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 200 pp.; b&w illus.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's "poetic powers" are consistently evident throughout CT and that the formal qualities of his poetry are as important to his high reputation as are his wit and humane sensibility. Reads CT sequentially, tale by tale, focusing on Chaucer's "command of language and his grasp of the complex workings of poetic implication that enable him to communicate his subtle perceptions so well." Recurrent attention to diction, syntax, stylistic registers, imagery, and various prosodic features.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General
- Style and Versification
- Language and Word Studies