The Reading of the Canterbury Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521095570)

In this 1968 study, Dr Whittock argues that there is greater unity in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales than has been supposed. He sees the Canterbury Tales as as great religious poem, a Christian work of art in which certain topics deliberately recur, so that the Tales in sequence take on the nature of a debate on death, the role of women, marriage, the truth or deception of art, the function of evil in the Creator's plan, temporal imperfection, and the hidden mystery of God's being. The author illustrates his theme through a detailed examination of each of the Tales in turn.

Author: Trevor Whittock,T. Whittock
ISBN-10: 0521095573
ISBN-13: 9780521095570
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1968
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.66d