Chaucer and the Poetics of Gold.

Author / Editor
Allen, Valerie.

Title
Chaucer and the Poetics of Gold.

Published
Beatrice Fannon, ed. Medieval English Literature (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), pp. 144-60.

Description
Draws on connections between "Chaucerian poetics and the properties . . . of gold," and maintains that "gold is a deep metaphor for poetry." Examines Chaucer's poetic references to gold and "sumptuous description" in CT, particularly in KnT.

Alternative Title
Medieval English Literature (Fannon)

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale
Canterbury Tales General