Chaucer's 'General Prologue' as History and Literature
- Author / Editor
- Lenaghan, R. T.
Chaucer's 'General Prologue' as History and Literature
- Published
- Comparative Studies in Society and History 12 (1970): 73-82.
- Description
- Treats GP as a record of social history, focusing on the economic information available in the descriptions of the pilgrims, particularly as it is evident in the work they do and the status they hold in relation to land, the Church, and trade. Treats the pilgrim Chaucer as a civil servant.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales