Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Author / Editor
- [Kiser, Lisa J.]
Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Published
- In Anthony Grafton, Glenn W. Most, and Salvatore Settis, eds. The Classical Tradition (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap, 2010).
- Description
- Encyclopedia entry that summarizes Chaucer's debt to classical tradition as source material for his plots, imaginings of the classical past, and "voicings" of classical speakers throughout his corpus. Comments on Chaucer's awareness of mediation and the necessary of "betraying" classical material.
- Contributor
- Grafton, Anthony, ed.
Most, Glenn W., ed.
Settis, Salvatore, ed.
- Alternative Title
- The Classical Tradition.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Bibliography, Reports, and Reference