Chaucer on Love, Knowledge, and Sight
Author | : Norman Klassen |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780859914642 |
ISBN-13 | : 085991464X |
Rating | : 4/5 (64X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Chaucer on Love, Knowledge, and Sight by : Norman Klassen
Download or read book Chaucer on Love, Knowledge, and Sight written by Norman Klassen and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1995 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that Chaucer is unorthodox in exploiting the possibilities for using sight both to express emotional experience and to accentuate rationality at the same time. The conventional opposition of love and knowledge in the phenomenon of love at first sight gives way in Chaucer's development of love, knowledge, and sight to a symbiosis in his love poetry.