A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspectives.
- Author / Editor
- Robertson, D. W., Jr.
A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspectives.
- Published
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1962.
- Physical Description
- xvii, 518 pp.; 118 b&w illus.
- Description
- Articulates an allegorical approach to medieval literature (also called patristic, exegetical, Augustinian, historical, or iconographical criticism), clarifying its assumptions and methods and applying them to Chaucer’s works and to works that precede or influenced him by Boethius, Jean de Meun, Alain de Lille, Andreas Capellanus, and others. Provides methodological background and source material for allegorical interpretations derived from Scripture, scriptural and classical commentaries, visual arts, medieval literary and aesthetic theories, and “doctrines” of love. Assesses the Christian meanings of most of Chaucer’s works, with the most sustained attention given to TC, KnT, MilT, and WBP.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Miller and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale