Heavy Atmosphere.

Author / Editor
Cohen, Jeffrey James.

Title
Heavy Atmosphere.

Published
Helen M. Hickey, Anne McKendry, and Melissa Raine, eds. Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018), pp. 91-108

Description
Ecocritical examination of "heavy atmosphere" as an environmental state, an affective state, and/or a narrative tone or "feel" in several of Chaucer’s narratives, with focus on RvT, TC, and KnT. Explores parallels between medieval cosmology, humoral theory, and modern ecocritical awareness to trace the interconnectivities of elemental, emotional, and diegetic effects.

Alternative Title
Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Style and Versification
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Reeve and His Tale