Author : Alexander Weiss
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Chaucer's Native Heritage by : Alexander Weiss
Download or read book Chaucer's Native Heritage written by Alexander Weiss and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although much scholarly inquiry has been devoted to identifying foreign influences on Chaucer's poetry, perhaps its single most commonly acknowledged quality, and one for which it has been uni- versally praised, is its «Englishness.» Chaucer's Native Heritage is an attempt to isolate and define this English quality; to demonstrate that it has its roots in earlier English poetry, particularly in the early Middle English lyrics, and, consequently, that Chaucer's poetry does not so much represent the beginning of a new tradition in English literature as the culmination of a native poetic tradition to which he was heir.