Guilt and Creativity in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Author / Editor
- Mitchell, Robert.
Guilt and Creativity in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Published
- Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Manchester, 2012. Fully accessible via https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/guilt-and-creativity-in-the-works-of-geoffrey-chaucer/ (accessed February 23, 2026).
- Physical Description
- 213 pp.
- Description
- Explores the "sense of guilt and uncertainty about the value of creative literature" in Chaucer's works, particularly as it generates "expansive, questioning poetics" in HF and "problematises the principle of allegory" in the final fragments of CT, parts 8-10 especially. Traces how Chaucer seeks "to reconcile the boldness and independence of his poetic vision with the demands of his faith" through "penitential poetics."
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
Canterbury Tales--General