Dickens and Chaucer.
- Author / Editor
- Tambling, Jeremy.
Dickens and Chaucer.
- Published
- English 64, no. 244 (2015): 42-64.
- Description
- Analyzes the influence of Chaucer on several Romantic thinkers and their subsequent influence on Dickens, as well as Dickens's own reference and allusions to CT. Focuses on how "Our Mutual Friend" reflects medievalism in such aspects as the pilgrimage with its vast array of characters, the device of framed narrative, and the characterization of Canterbury as the past. Allusions to Chaucer, especially in GP and PardT, are also abundant in "Our Mutual Friend."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Canterbury Tales--General
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Pardoner and His Tale