Identifying, and Identifying "with," Chaucer

Author / Editor
Strohm, Paul.

Title
Identifying, and Identifying "with," Chaucer

Published
Helen M. Hickey, Anne McKendry, and Melissa Raine, eds. Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018), pp. 14-23

Description
Contemplates the notion that "identification" with a given author is a "frequent, if unacknowledged, component of literary appreciation." Theorizes the notion in Freudian terms and those of reader-response criticism, exploring the processes and rewards of personal enjoyment of Chaucer's works as a reader, as a critic, and especially as an appreciative biographer of Chaucer’s "demanding life."

Alternative Title
Contemporary Chaucer across the Centuries.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life