Chaucer on Interpretation

Klappentext Chaucer on Interpretation enters the current dialogue about whether modern literary theory can illuminate medieval works. Zusammenfassung Chaucer on Interpretation enters the current dialogue about whether modern literary theory can illuminate medieval works. Dr Fester argues that the insights of modern phenomenological hermeneutics can enrich our understanding of Chaucer and shows that interpretation is one of the central concerns of his poems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Interpretation in the Knight's Tale; 3. Reading nature in the Parliament of Fowls; 4. The Lady White and the White Tablet: the Book of the Duchess; 5. Reading Griselda: the Clerk's Tale; 6. Reading the self: the Wife of Bath; 7. The politics of narration in the frame of the Canterbury Tales; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Ferster, Ferster Judith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521110938
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11093-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies