Simplicity and Directness in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Author / Editor
Galewski, Barbro.

Title
Simplicity and Directness in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Published
Uppsala, 1970.

Physical Description
197 pp.; i-v bibliography

Description
A doctoral dissertation that explores "simple and direct communication" in CT, focusing on Chaucer's acceptance of human generosity and humility rather than his criticism or satire of human foibles. Individual chapters include discussion of Chaucer's audience, his female characters, the "Woman Question," man and woman, and superiority and inferiority.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General