Chaucer's Poetics and the Modern Reader

Chaucer's Poetics and the Modern ReaderIn Chaucer's Poetics and the Modern Reader, the focus shifts from a realist interpretation of Chaucer's works to a nuanced exploration of his rhetorical poetics, emphasizing the poet's ambivalence about the nature of truth and language. The study aligns Chaucers fragmented and contingent narratives with modern poststructuralist and rhetorical theories, arguing that his works embody a profound self awareness about the limitations and possibilities of

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What gifts does this broader understanding bring to the church