"The Canterbury Tales": Style of the Man and Style of the Work.
- Author / Editor
- Muscatine, Charles.
"The Canterbury Tales": Style of the Man and Style of the Work.
- Published
- D. S. Brewer, ed. Chaucer and Chaucerians: Critical Studies in Middle English Literature (University: University of Alabama Press; London: Nelson, 1966), pp. 88-113.
- Description
- Describes and comments on Chaucer's characteristic style, explaining how "insouciance" and "naturalness" combine with forward narrative movement, mastery of meter, formal listings, etc. to demonstrate his "great technical range." Then explores how in CT he manipulates style to convey theme and character, assessing the styles of individual Tales as courtly or idealistic, realistic, mixed, pathetic and/or ironic.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer and Chaucerians
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification
Canterbury Tales--General