Chaucerian Tragedy and the Christian Tradition.
- Author / Editor
- Mahoney, John F.
Chaucerian Tragedy and the Christian Tradition.
- Published
- Annuale Mediaevale 3 (1962): 81-99.
- Description
- Revisits the concept of "Chaucerian tragedy," considering KnT, MLT, and NPPT, as well as TC and MkT, and explores the faults or faultlessness of Fortune's victims in these works, the moral sophistication of the narrators of the tales, classical notions of Fate and error, and Christian notions of Providence and Original Sin. Argues that Chaucer's views are fundamentally consistent with Boethian, Augustinian notions of "Christian tragedy" which involves the "fortunate fall" and Providential joy after sorrow, linking both with the liturgical "Exultet," i.e., "the deacon's chant in the Easter Vigil."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Man of Law and His Tale
Monk and His Tale
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations