1st Edition

Geoffrey Chaucer

By John Norton-Smith Copyright 1974
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1974. This book discusses those aspects of Chaucer’s art which are concerned with the problem of specific form. These aspects have been concentrated on by the author for Chaucer’s major poems and some of his so-called minor poems in separate chapters. It offers a critical evaluation of some specific literary achievements of one of the most important authors of... Read more

General Preface

1. The Book of the Duchess

2. The Complaint: Venus, Pity and Mars

3. The House of Fame

4. The Legend of Good Women

5. The Canterbury Tales

6. The Book of Troilus

7. The Envoi a Scogan and the Envoi a Bukton

Appendix: Moderatio, Moderation and Mesure

Biography

Norton-Smith, John