University of California Publications in English, Volume 8University of California Press, 1940 |
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... Chaucer attains by foregoing even the legitimate tricks of his craft , -by telling his audience exactly where they are , and where they are going . It arose out of the premise that it was essential for him to be clear and obvious in ...
... Chaucer attains by foregoing even the legitimate tricks of his craft , -by telling his audience exactly where they are , and where they are going . It arose out of the premise that it was essential for him to be clear and obvious in ...
Page 39
... Chaucer is doing ; and he manages to produce , to our delighted amazement , not one rabbit but two ! Sir Thopas is ... Chaucer's audience , who are not so simple as to take it at its face value , Sir Thopas is in some ways the best of ...
... Chaucer is doing ; and he manages to produce , to our delighted amazement , not one rabbit but two ! Sir Thopas is ... Chaucer's audience , who are not so simple as to take it at its face value , Sir Thopas is in some ways the best of ...
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... Chaucer's narrative technique in relation to his audience . It is evident that the other side of the problems we have been considering is the nature and quality of that audience . If it be true that Chaucer kept in view , while he wrote ...
... Chaucer's narrative technique in relation to his audience . It is evident that the other side of the problems we have been considering is the nature and quality of that audience . If it be true that Chaucer kept in view , while he wrote ...
Contents
Chaucers Art in Relation to His Audience I | 1 |
Dramatist | 55 |
Hydriotaphia | 73 |
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