1st Edition

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1 Love Vision and Debate

By P. M. Kean Copyright 1972
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry.

    The author assesses the extent of Chaucer’s debt to the English tradition. She considers the development of his ‘urbane’ manner as a new poetic technique and, with reference to such poems as the Parlement of Foules and the House of Fame, discusses new themes in the Love Vision. She concludes with a detailed study of Chaucer’s great debate on love Troilus and Criseyde.

    Preface 1. Introduction: Chaucer and the English Tradition 2. The Urbane Manner 3. New Themes in the Love Vision 4. Troilus and Criseyde

    Biography

    Kean, P. M.