Chaucer and the Poetics of Gold.
- Author / Editor
- Allen, Valerie.
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