Writing Revolution.
- Author / Editor
- Turner, Marion.
Writing Revolution.
- Published
- In Robert DeMaria Jr., Heesok Chang, and Samantha Zacher, eds. A Companion to British Literature. Vol. I, Medieval Literature 700–1450 (Chichester: Wiley, 2014), pp. 146-60.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's works are "far more ambivalent and less polemical about revolt" than earlier texts or contemporary ones. Identifies changes in historical understanding of "revolution" as a concept, and examines MkT, where revolt is part of an "eternal pattern"; NPT, where the "Great Revolt" of 1381 is cited, and inevitable patterns are inflected by chance and human agency; and Mars, where planetary revolutions are linked with political and personal upheavals. Similar concerns echo throughout Chaucer's works.
- Alternative Title
- A Companion to British Literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Monk and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Complaint of Mars