The Changing Outlook of Chaucerian England.
- Author / Editor
- Gillespie, David Southard.
The Changing Outlook of Chaucerian England.
- Published
- Ph.D. Dissertation. Michigan State University, 1971. Dissertation Abstracts International 32 (1971): 3188-89A. Fully accessible at https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/40345; accessed April 22, 2023.
- Description
- Historical analysis of the changes in the English world view preceding and following the Black Death of 1349, with particular attention to the art and literature up to 1385 and its "pessimism and macabre realism." Includes recurrent references to Chaucer, highlighting his concerns with death (PardT), fortune (TC), ecclesiastical satire, and the ambiguities of social class.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Pardoner and His Tale
Troilus and Criseyde