Other Worlds: Chaucer's Classicism.
- Author / Editor
- Minnis, Alastair.
Other Worlds: Chaucer's Classicism.
- Published
- Rita Copeland, ed. The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, Vol. 1, (800–1558) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 413-34.
- Description
- Aligns Chaucer's depictions of classical culture and his attitudes toward pagan belief, arguing that his "remarkable degree of cultural relativism" and his "reluctance to resort to simplistic forms of Christian triumphalism" are "delimited" only by his rejection of polytheism. His respect for ancient moral philosophy is evident in KnT and PhyT; for classical science, in SqT, FranT, and CYT. SqT also reflects Chaucer's interests in "Orientalism."
- Contributor
- Copeland, Rita, ed.
- Alternative Title
- The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Knight and His Tale
Squire and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale
Physician and His Tale
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale