Chaucer the Man.
- Author / Editor
- Howard, Donald R.
Chaucer the Man.
- Published
- PMLA 80 (1965): 337-43.
- Description
- Traces Chaucer's attention to his own authorial fame, putting it in the context of medieval anonymity, book production, and the "idea of authorship." Compares and contrasts the narrators and attendant "fictive illusion" in his works, especially HF. TC, and CT, and observes growth in the development of an "implied relationship" between Chaucer and his audience that was like the one he shared with his contemporaries. Concludes that "the style is the man himself"--i.e., "the most relevant [biographical] information we can have comes from the style of his works."
- Chaucer Subjects
- background and General Criticism
Style and Versification
Chaucer's Life
House of Fame
Troilus and Criseyde
Canterbury Tales--General