Chaucer's drama of style : poetic variety and contrast in the Canterbury tales
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Benson, C. David,
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PR1874 .B46 1986
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LC Subjects
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400 -- Technique.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400. -- Canterbury tales.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Poetics -- History -- To 1500.
Poets, English -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
History
Poetics
Rhetoric, Medieval
Technique
Other Subjects
18.05 English literature.
Chaucer, Geoffrey -- 1343-1400 -- The Canterbury tales
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- approximately 1340-1400 -- Technique.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- approximately 1340-1400. -- Canterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- ca. 1340-1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. -- Canterbury tales.
Poètes anglais -- 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) -- Critique et interprétation.
Poétique.
Rhétorique médiévale.
Sprache
The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer)

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viii, 183 pages ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-178) and index.
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David Benson's lively new interpretation of Chaucer's great story collection attributes the variety and contrast of the tales to the unique literary style of each narrative. In contrast to the popular "dramatic approach," which assumes that the diversity of the tales comes from the supposed psyches of the pilgrim tellers, Benson argues that each tale is a fully formed expression of an individual kind of poetry. Each is constructed on its own distinct literary principles so that the Canterbury Tales is best seen as a drama of poetic styles, not personalities.
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Also issued online.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Benson, C. D. (1986). Chaucer's drama of style: poetic variety and contrast in the Canterbury tales . University of North Carolina Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Benson, C. David. 1986. Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the Canterbury Tales. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Benson, C. David. Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the Canterbury Tales Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Benson, C. D. (1986). Chaucer's drama of style: poetic variety and contrast in the canterbury tales. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Benson, C. David. Chaucer's Drama of Style: Poetic Variety and Contrast in the Canterbury Tales University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

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