Chaucer's Native Heritage
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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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820401285
ISBN13:9780820401287
Release Date:December 1985
Publisher:Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Length:257 Pages
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