Tropologies: Ethics and Invention in England, c. 1350–1600.

Author / Editor
McDermott, Ryan.

Title
Tropologies: Ethics and Invention in England, c. 1350–1600.

Published
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2016.

Physical Description
ix, 431 pp.

Description
Studies the medieval and early modern theory of tropological, or moral, sense of Scripture. Argues that tropology can be "theory of literary and ethical invention" as a way to interpret the Bible. Includes brief discussions of Langland's and Chaucer's dream visions, including BD.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Book of the Duchess