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from Part II - Books, Discourse and Traditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 June 2019
Chaucer treats the subject of love in many forms and across genres from fabliau to romance, with a unique variety and flexibility. His works draw on classical, continental and English traditions; on courtly and chivalric ideals and practices; and the tropes of Christianity.It is often in the reshaping, adapting and undercutting of material and motifs that the originality of Chaucer’s works lies.In exploring love, Chaucer also probes the psychology of loss and grief, the physiology of love, the paradoxes of fin’ amor, and the ways in which love can open onto the sublime.Chaucer’s treatment of love is intimately connected with questions of gender, in particular, the possibilities of female agency and voice.This essay makes reference to a range of Chaucer’s works, in the context of their sources and analogues, but focuses in particular on his romance narratives, The Book of the Duchess, The Legend of Good Women, The Knight’s Tale and Troilus and Criseyde.
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