Chaucer's Polyphony : The Modern in Medieval Poetry /

Geoffrey Chaucer has long been considered by the critics as the father of English poetry. However, this notion not only tends to forget a huge part of the history of Anglo-Saxon literature but also ignore the specificities of Chaucer's style - if Chaucer cannot be thought of as the father of En...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Fruoco, Jonathan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Kalamazoo] : Medieval Institute Publications, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Literary style.
Poetry, Medieval.
Literary style.
Poetry, Medieval > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Geoffrey Chaucer has long been considered by the critics as the father of English poetry. However, this notion not only tends to forget a huge part of the history of Anglo-Saxon literature but also ignore the specificities of Chaucer's style - if Chaucer cannot be thought of as the father of English poetry, he is, however, the father of English prose and one of the main artisans of what Mikhail Bakhtin called the "polyphonic novel."
Description matérielle:1 online resource (238 pages): illustration ;
ISBN:9781501514364

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