The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today.
- Author / Editor
- Rosten, Murray.
The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today.
- Published
- New York: Continuum, 2011.
- Physical Description
- viii, 278 pp.
- Description
- Describes and assesses the presence of the comic mode in English literature, including a discussion (pp. 42-51) of portions of CT (especially MilT, RvT, and WBP) that explores how Chaucer achieves comedy without negating the "seriousness of the pilgrimage itself." Describes how Chaucer uses irony and ambiguity in his layered narration to leave his perspective "amusingly undetermined."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales
Miller and His Tale
Reeve and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale